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.
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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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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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.
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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Practice, the master of all things.
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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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 came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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