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.
AUGUSTUSHave I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
More Augustus Quotes
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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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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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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I am a man of my word.
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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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