Augustus quotes

Born
September 23, 63 BC, Rome, Roman Republic.

Died
19 August AD 14.

Occupation
Emperor, military leader.

Augustus was a Roman statesman and military leader who was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire.

Practice, the master of all things.
– Augustus

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

Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
– Augustus

Hasten slowly.
– Augustus

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

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

What is done well is done quickly enough.
– Augustus

Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
– Augustus

Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
– Augustus

Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
– Augustus

Only that which is well done is quickly done.
– Augustus

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

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.
– Augustus

I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
– Augustus