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.
AUGUSTUSI came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
More Augustus Quotes
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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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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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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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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Practice, the master of all things.
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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Make haste cautiously.
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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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