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.
AUGUSTUSNothing common can seem worthy of you.
More Augustus Quotes
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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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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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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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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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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I am a man of my word.
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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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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At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which I restored liberty to the republic, which had been oppressed by the tyranny of a faction. For which service the senate, with complimentary resolutions, enrolled me in its order.
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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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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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