Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
AUGUSTUSYoung men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
AUGUSTUSI 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.
AUGUSTUSMake haste cautiously.
AUGUSTUSThe tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
AUGUSTUSYou cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
AUGUSTUSDid I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
AUGUSTUSJust 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.
AUGUSTUSBehold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
AUGUSTUSKeep our marriage alive, and farewell.
AUGUSTUSIf you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
AUGUSTUSI found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
AUGUSTUSI came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
AUGUSTUSAt 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.
AUGUSTUSQuintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
AUGUSTUSIf we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.
AUGUSTUSIf I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
AUGUSTUS