To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
AUGUSTUSIf 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.
More Augustus Quotes
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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I am a man of my word.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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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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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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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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Practice, the master of all things.
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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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