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.
AUGUSTUSOnly that which is well done is quickly done.
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; 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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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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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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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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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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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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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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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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Practice, the master of all things.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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I am a man of my word.
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