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He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble. - [Proverbs] It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his sheep. - [Proverbs] The die is cast.--The exclamation of Caesar as he crossed the Rubicon. - [Fate] These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo to communicate. - [Proverbs] Would that the Roman people had but one neck! [Lat., Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet!] - in Life of Caligula, ascribed to Caligula, also ascribed to Caligula by Seneca and Cassius, ascribed to Nero by others [Rome] More quickly than asparagus is cooked. [Lat., Velocius (or citius) quam asparagi coquantur.] - Augustus (87), a saying of Augustus Caesar [Cookery] Let the die be cast. [Lat., Jacta alea esto; or, jacta esa alea.) - Caesar (32), Caesar on crossing the Rubicon, often quoted as a proverb [Fate] He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble. [Lat., Urbem lateritiam accepit, mamoream relinquit.] - Caesar Augustus (28), adapted [Cities] A flock of hirelings (venal pack). [Lat., Grex venalium.] - De Clar. Rhet. (I) [Public] A good shepherd shears his flock, not flays them. [Lat., Boni pastoris est tondere pecus non deglubere.] - Life (32), attributed to him by Tiberius Caesar [Churches] When I am dead let the earth be dissolved in fire. - Nero (38), quoting Nero [Future] Hail Caesar, we who are about to die salute you. (or, Hail Emperor, we salute you.) [Lat., Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant (or, Ave Imperator, te salutamus.)] - Tiberius Claudius Drusus (XXI, 13) [Death] The fox changes his skin but not his habits. [Lat., Vulpem pilum mutare, non mores.] - Vespasianus (16) [Habit]
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