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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. -- 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 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 ... -- Augustus
Is there anyone in Rome who has not slept with my daughter?! -- Augustus
Practice, the master of all things. -- Augustus
If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage. -- Augustus
Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished! -- Augustus
Nothing common can seem worthy of you. -- Augustus
To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man. -- Augustus
Keep our marriage alive, and farewell. -- Augustus
What is done well is done quickly enough. -- Augustus
Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions! -- Augustus
Make haste cautiously. -- Augustus
I found Rome built of bricks; I leave her clothed in marble. -- Augustus
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
Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit! -- Augustus
I came to see a king, not a row of corpses. -- Augustus
You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal. -- Augustus
I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble. -- Augustus
Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young. -- Augustus
Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans! -- Augustus
Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one. -- Augustus
Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young. -- Augustus
Only that which is well done is quickly done. -- Augustus
After this time I surpassed all others in authority, but I had no more power than the others who were also my colleagues in office. -- Augustus
Who will guard the Guardians? -- Augustus