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.
AUGUSTUSHave I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
More Augustus Quotes
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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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We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.
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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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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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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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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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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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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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