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.
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.
More Augustus Quotes
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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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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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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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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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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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If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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I am a man of my word.
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