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.
AUGUSTUSBetter a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
More Augustus Quotes
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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Practice, the master of all things.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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Make haste cautiously.
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If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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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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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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I am a man of my word.
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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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