Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
AUGUSTUSThe tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
More Augustus Quotes
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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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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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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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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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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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Practice, the master of all things.
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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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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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I am a man of my word.
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