--- title: "4 Rome Quotes By Augustus" description: "4 Rome quotes by Augustus. Plus more from Augustus and more Rome sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/augustus-18411_citizens_if-we-could-survive-without-a-wife-citiz_407419.jpg" --- > [If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/if-we-could-survive-without-a-wife-citizens-of-rome-all-of-us-would/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/augustus-18411_citizens_if-we-could-survive-without-a-wife-citiz_407419.jpg) > [You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/you-cheer-my-heart-who-build-as-if-rome-would-be-eternal/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/augustus-18411_cheer_you-cheer-my-heart-who-build-as-if-rome_1850113.jpg) > [I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/i-found-rome-a-city-of-bricks-and-left-it-a-city-of-marble/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/augustus-18411_bricks_i-found-rome-a-city-of-bricks-and-left-i_2561959.jpg) > [If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance; but since nature has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/if-we-could-survive-without-a-wife-citizens-of-rome-all-of-us-would-2/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87e/augustus-18411_citizens_if-we-could-survive-without-a-wife-citiz_2747237.jpg) ## Other authors on Rome - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edward-gibbon-31792.jpg) Edward Gibbon 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/edward-gibbon/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/rick-riordan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/pope-francis/) - [Jay Crownover 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/jay-crownover/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-winston-churchill-96197.jpg) Winston Churchill 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/winston-churchill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marcus-tullius-cicero-63326.jpg) Marcus Tullius Cicero 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/marcus-tullius-cicero/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-julius-caesar-54438.jpg) Julius Caesar 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/julius-caesar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-will-durant-95038.jpg) Will Durant 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/will-durant/) ## More by Augustus > [Practice, the master of all things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/practice-the-master-of-all-things/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) > [Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/everyone-wants-to-lead-an-extraordinary-life/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) > [If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/if-we-could-survive-without-a-wife-citizens-of-rome-all-of-us-would/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) > [Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/quintilius-varus-give-me-back-my-legions/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) > [Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/have-i-played-the-part-well-then-applaud-as-i-exit/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/may-it-be-my-privilege-to-have-the-happiness-of-establishing-the/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) > [What is done well is done quickly enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/what-is-done-well-is-done-quickly-enough/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) > [To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/to-seek-to-keep-the-established-constitution-unchanged-argues-a-good/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/he-julius-caesar-learned-that-alexander-having-completed-nearly-all/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) > [Make haste cautiously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/make-haste-cautiously/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) > [“Marmoream relinquo, quam latericiam accepi.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/marmoream-relinquo-quam-latericiam-accepi/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) > [I'd always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/i-d-always-thought-the-world-was-a-wish-granting-factory/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) > [Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/behold-them-conquerors-of-the-world-the-toga-clad-race-of-romans/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) > [“At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which I restored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/at-the-age-of-nineteen-on-my-own-initiative-and-at-my-own-expense-i/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) > [Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus/young-men-hear-an-old-man-to-whom-old-men-hearkened-when-he-was-young/) [Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/augustus/#itemlist", "name": "4 Rome Quotes By Augustus", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.", 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