Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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AugustusAugustus If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance; but since nature has so decreed that we cannot manage comfortably with them, nor live in any way without them, we must plan for our lasting preservation rather than for our temporary pleasure.
AugustusAugustus The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind.
AugustusAugustus I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
AugustusAugustus I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
AugustusAugustus Practice, the master of all things.
AugustusAugustus Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
AugustusAugustus After this time I surpassed all others in authority, but I had no more power than the others who were also my colleagues in office.
AugustusAugustus If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.
AugustusAugustus What is done well is done quickly enough.
AugustusAugustus At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which I restored liberty to the republic, which had been oppressed by the tyranny of a faction. For which service the senate, with complimentary resolutions, enrolled me in its order.
AugustusAugustus Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
AugustusAugustus Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
AugustusAugustus I had a good mind to discontinue permanently the supply of grain to the city, reliance on which had discouraged Italian agriculture, but refrained because some politician would be bound one day to revive the dole as a means of ingratiating himself with the people.
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Alexander The GreatAlexander The Great I am worthy and steely. I will conquer again. Truth as my armor; My sword is my pen. Tell me I can’t and I’ll show you I will surviving and thriving is my refined skill.
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