Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
AUGUSTUSBehold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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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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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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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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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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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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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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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