Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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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Practice, the master of all things.
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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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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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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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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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I am a man of my word.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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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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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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Make haste cautiously.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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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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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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