Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
AUGUSTUSTo seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
More Augustus Quotes
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Practice, the master of all things.
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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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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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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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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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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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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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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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