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.
AUGUSTUSYou cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
More Augustus Quotes
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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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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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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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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Make haste cautiously.
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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.
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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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Practice, the master of all things.
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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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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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