Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
AUGUSTUSYou cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
More Augustus Quotes
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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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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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I am a man of my word.
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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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.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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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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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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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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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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