Only that which is well done is quickly done.
AUGUSTUSI 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.
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.
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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; 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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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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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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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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We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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Did 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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If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
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