If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.
AUGUSTUSTo seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
More Augustus Quotes
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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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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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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I am a man of my word.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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Make haste cautiously.
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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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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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