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 done well-done
Only that which is well done is quickly done.
latin haste
Make haste cautiously.
latin hands stage
If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
latin farewell alive
Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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.
latin rome cities
I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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.
kings corpses
I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
men good-man citizens
To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.