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.
AUGUSTUSYou cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
More Augustus Quotes
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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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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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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I am a man of my word.
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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 you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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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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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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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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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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