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
no-confidence confidence-in-others
Never put much confidence in such as put no confidence in others.
character information praise
What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.
horse public-opinion holding-on
A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.
vices littles too-much
Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little.
loss evil prejudice
It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of.
mother children giving
A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions.
home paradise adam
To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise.
wings mind atheism
There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the clearest proof that it is out of its element.
men thinking principles
Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so good nor so bad as we are apt to think them.
ambitious
Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent.
sweet believe flower
It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.
heart people together
Some people carry their hearts in their heads; very many carry their heads in their hearts. The difficulty is to keep them apart, yet both actively working together.
men religion circumstances
Man without religion is the creature of circumstances.
wise wisdom glasses
The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.