“Si sine uxore pati possemus, Quirites, omnes ea molestia careremus; set quoniam ita natura tradidit, ut nec cum illis satis commode, nec sine illis ullo modo vivi possit, saluti perpetuae potius quam brevi voluptati consulendum est.”
“May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and secure basis and thus enjoy the reward which I desire, but only if I may be called the author of the best possible government; and bear with me the hope when I die that the foundations which I have laid for its future government, will stand firm and stable.”
“I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.”
“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.”
“Αἴθ᾽ ὄφελον ἄγαμός τ᾽ ἔμεναι ἄγονός τ᾽ ἀπολέσθαι.”
“At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which I restored liberty to the republic, which had been oppressed by the tyranny of a faction. For which service the senate, with complimentary resolutions, enrolled me in its order...”
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Augustus é uma ficção histórica epistolar de John Williams publicada pela Viking Press em 1972. Ela conta a história de Augustus, imperador de Roma, desde sua juventude até a velhice. O livro é dividido em duas partes, o início que cronica sua ascensão ao poder, a última descrevendo seu governo posteriormente, e os problemas familiares enfrentados ao escolher um sucessor. Williams e Augustus compartilharam o U.S. National Book Award for Fiction de 1973 com John Barth e Chimera, a primeira vez que o prêmio foi dividido, e o único dos quatro romances de Williams a receber aclamação significativa em vida.
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