I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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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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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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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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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I am a man of my word.
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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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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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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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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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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