39 Quotes by augustus

I'd always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.

Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!

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.

Only that which is well done is quickly done.

I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.

Make haste cautiously.

To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.

Nothing common can seem worthy of you.

Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.