I am a man of my word.
AUGUSTUSI came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
More Augustus Quotes
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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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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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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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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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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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Practice, the master of all things.
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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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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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If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
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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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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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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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