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.
AUGUSTUSHave I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
More Augustus Quotes
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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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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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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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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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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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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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If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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