Make haste cautiously.
AUGUSTUSBetter a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
More Augustus Quotes
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At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which I restored liberty to the republic, which had been oppressed by the tyranny of a faction. For which service the senate, with complimentary resolutions, enrolled me in its order.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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Practice, the master of all things.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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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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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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I am a man of my word.
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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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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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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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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