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
latin hands stage
If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
admitted best county days georgia hands lived means men republic younger
In the younger days of the Republic there lived in the county of - two men, who were admitted on all hands to be the very best men In the county; which, in the Georgia vocabulary, means they could flog any other two men in the county.
hear man men whom
Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.
men
I am a man of my word.
wish world factories
I'd always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
play roles comedy
Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
mean italian cities
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.
latin done well-done
Only that which is well done is quickly done.
kings corpses
I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
latin haste
Make haste cautiously.
men good-man citizens
To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
common worthy seems
Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
want extraordinary-life extraordinary
Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
time office authority
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.