I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
AUGUSTUSNothing common can seem worthy of you.
More Augustus Quotes
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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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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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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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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Make haste cautiously.
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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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Practice, the master of all things.
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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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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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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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