The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
AUGUSTUSThe 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.
More Augustus Quotes
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If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance; but since nature has so decreed that we cannot manage comfortably with them, nor live in any way without them, we must plan for our lasting preservation rather than for our temporary pleasure.
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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Practice, the master of all things.
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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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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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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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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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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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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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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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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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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