Augustus Caesar Quotes

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

“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.”

“Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit!”

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

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

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

“I have played my part well; now release me.”

“In my nineteenth year, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army with which I set free the state, which was oppressed by the domination of a faction.”

“Augustus is arguably the single most important figure in Roman history. In the course of his long and spectacular career, he put an end to the advancing decay of the Republic and established a new basis for Roman government that was to stand for three centuries.”

“He was unusually handsome and exceedingly graceful at all periods of his life, though he cared nothing for personal adornment. His expression, whether in conversation or when he was silent, was calm and mild.”

“I often waged war, civil and foreign, on the earth and sea, in the whole wide world, and as victor I spared all the citizens who sought pardon. As for foreign nations, those which I was able to safely forgive, I preferred to preserve than to destroy.”

“When the dictatorship was offered to me, both in my presence and my absence, by the people and Senate, I did not accept it.”

“I found a city built of sun-dried brick. I leave her clothed in marble.”

“Since well I've played my part, all clap your hands, and from the stage dismiss me with applause.”