The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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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If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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I am a man of my word.
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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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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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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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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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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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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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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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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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