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
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.
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.
horse loss fire
He was a horse of goodly countenance, rather expressive of vigilance than fire; though an unnatural appearance of fierceness was thrown into it by the loss of his ears, which had been cropped pretty close to his head.
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.
latin hands stage
If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
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.