To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
AUGUSTUSDid I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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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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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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Practice, the master of all things.
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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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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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