Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
AUGUSTUSPractice, the master of all things.
More Augustus Quotes
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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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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Practice, the master of all things.
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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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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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I am a man of my word.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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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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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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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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