Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
AUGUSTUSI’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
More Augustus Quotes
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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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Practice, the master of all things.
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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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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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’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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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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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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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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