I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
AUGUSTUSI’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
More Augustus Quotes
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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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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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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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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 found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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Make haste cautiously.
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