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.
AUGUSTUSI am a man of my word.
More Augustus Quotes
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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 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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I am a man of my word.
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Practice, the master of all things.
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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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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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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