Emperor Augustus | First Roman Emperor

We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.

Nothing common can seem worthy of you.

The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind.

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

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.

We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.

Have I played the part well? Then clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage as I exit.

Let us be satisfied if we can make people stop short at unkind words.

If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.

If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.

Every victory enlarges the magnitude of our possible defeat.

Have I played the part well? Then clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage as I exit.

The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.

I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

Have I played the part well? Then clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage as I exit.

One does not deceive oneself about the consequences of one’s acts; one deceives oneself about the ease with which one can live with those consequences.

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

Wars, both civil and foreign, I undertook throughout the world, on sea and land, and when victorious I spared all citizens who sued for pardon.

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

Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!