Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
AUGUSTUSTo seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
More Augustus Quotes
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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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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.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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Just as men must give up economic control when their wives share the responsibility for the family’s financial well-being, women must give up exclusive parental control when their husbands assume more responsibility for child care.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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Make haste cautiously.
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If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
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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.
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I am a man of my word.
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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.
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