Common Quotes by Augustus

Practice, the master of all things.

— Augustus

Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.

— Augustus

If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.

— Augustus

Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!

— Augustus

Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit!

— Augustus

May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and secure basis and thus enjoy the reward…

— Augustus

What is done well is done quickly enough.

— Augustus

To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.

— Augustus

He [Julius Caesar] learned that Alexander , having completed nearly all his conquests by the time he was thirty-two years old, was at an…

— Augustus

Make haste cautiously.

— Augustus

“Marmoream relinquo, quam latericiam accepi.”

— Augustus

I'd always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.

— Augustus