We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.
AUGUSTUSIf we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.
More Augustus Quotes
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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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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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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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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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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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Make haste cautiously.
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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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