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
struggle moving self-confidence
By marrying to soon, many individuals sacrifice their chance to struggle through this purgatory of solitude and search toward a greater sense of self-confidence. They glance at the world outside the family and with hardly a second thought grasp anxiously for a partner. In marriage they seek a substitute for the security of the family of origin and an escape from aloneness. What they do not realize is that moving so quickly from one family to another, they make it easy to transfer to the new marriage all their difficult experiences in the family of origin.
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.
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.