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.
AUGUSTUSYou cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
More Augustus Quotes
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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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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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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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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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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 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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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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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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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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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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