Practice, the master of all things.
AUGUSTUSYoung men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
More Augustus Quotes
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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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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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Make haste cautiously.
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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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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.
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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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 came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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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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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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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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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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If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
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