Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
AUGUSTUSOnly that which is well done is quickly done.
More Augustus Quotes
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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Practice, the master of all things.
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I am a man of my word.
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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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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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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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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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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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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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