Augustus Caesar:

A man must not promise what he ought not, lest he be called on to perform what he cannot.

— Augustus Caesar Ancient

First Roman Emperor

Context

From Macrobius's Saturnalia

Source

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Macrobius/Saturnalia/home.htm…

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