Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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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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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
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Practice, the master of all things.
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind.
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Make haste cautiously.
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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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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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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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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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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