I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
AUGUSTUSAt 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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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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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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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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We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.
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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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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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Make haste cautiously.
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Practice, the master of all things.
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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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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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