You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
AUGUSTUSPractice, the master of all things.
More Augustus Quotes
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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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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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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Practice, the master of all things.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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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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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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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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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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Make haste cautiously.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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