"May it be my privilege to have the……" — Augustus
"May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and stable basis and thus enjoy the reward which I desire, but only if I may be called the architect of the best possible government; and bear with me the hope when I die, that the foundations which I have laid for its future government, will stand deep and secure."
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27 Quotes by Augustus
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit!
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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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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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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Make haste cautiously.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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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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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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