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.
AUGUSTUS- We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.
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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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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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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
AUGUSTUSYou cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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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.
AUGUSTUSJust 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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We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.
AUGUSTUSWe write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
AUGUSTUSKeep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
AUGUSTUSI came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
AUGUSTUSEveryone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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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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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
AUGUSTUSI’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.
AUGUSTUSIf we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
AUGUSTUSBehold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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Make haste cautiously.
AUGUSTUSMake haste cautiously.
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
AUGUSTUSTo seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
AUGUSTUSThe tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
AUGUSTUSQuintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
AUGUSTUSIf I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
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