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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

Augustus

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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Agriculture City Courage Goodness Grain Mindset Myself People Politician Review
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.
AUGUSTUS

Control Economics Family Financial Give Up Husband Men Responsibility Share
The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
AUGUSTUS

Eternal Human Ourselves Survive Tale Voice
Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
AUGUSTUS

Better Boss Command Oneself
If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.
AUGUSTUS

Citizenship Survive Wife
What is done well is done quickly enough.
AUGUSTUS

Enough One Liner Quick
Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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Himself Listening Men Young
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.
AUGUSTUS

Authority Friendship Myself Office Position Time
I am a man of my word.
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Man One Liner Promise Word Yourself
I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
AUGUSTUS

Brick Finding Inspirational Marble Myself Transformation
Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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Extraordinary Leadership Life One Liner
Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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Common Worth Yourself
Practice, the master of all things.
AUGUSTUS

Master One Liner Practice
Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
AUGUSTUS

Conquer Race Roman World
I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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Death King Meet Myself
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.
AUGUSTUS

Age Expense Initiative Liberty Myself Oppression Order Raise Republic Resolution Restore Service

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