Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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More Augustus Quotes
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I am a man of my word.
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I had a good mind to discontinue permanently the supply of grain to the city, reliance on which had discouraged Italian agriculture, but refrained because some politician would be bound one day to revive the dole as a means of ingratiating himself with the people.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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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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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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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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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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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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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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