Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
AUGUSTUSYou cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
More Augustus Quotes
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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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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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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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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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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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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 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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Practice, the master of all things.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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