Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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.
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.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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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 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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Make haste cautiously.
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I am a man of my word.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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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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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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