Augustus
Augustus
Augustuswas the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in AD 14...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionRoyalty
men aging young
Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
race togas world
Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
latin government desire
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.
latin cautious commanders
Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
love-is keeping-promises courses
Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.
voice long tales
The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself,
loss winning order
He [Julius Caesar] learned that Alexander , having completed nearly all his conquests by the time he was thirty-two years old, was at an utter loss to know what he should do during the rest of his life, whereat Augustus expressed his surprise that Alexander did not regard it as a greater task to set in order the empire which he had won than to win it.
giving legion give-me
Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
husband children giving-up
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.
cheer heart rome
You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
pace done enough
What is done well is done quickly enough.
rome wife nuisance
If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.
writing names wave
We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.
lying mind roles
The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind.