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Julius Caesar Quotes Shakespeare
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
(Cassius, Act 1 Scene 2)
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
(Cassius, Act 1 Scene 2)
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look:
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous
(Caesar, Act 1 Scene 2)
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous
(Caesar, Act 1 Scene 2)
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
(Caesar, Act 2 Scene 2)
The valiant never taste of death but once.
(Caesar, Act 2 Scene 2)
When beggars die there are no comets seen:
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
(Calphurnia,Act 2, Scene 2)
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
(Calphurnia,Act 2, Scene 2)
Julius Caesar Quotes About Power
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die,
than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.
than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.
It was the wont of the immortal gods sometimes to grant prosperity and long impunity to men whose crimes they were minded to punish in order that a complete reverse of fortune might make them suffer more bitterly.
During a few days' halt near Vesontio for the provision of corn and other supplies,
a panic arose from inquiries made by our troops and remarks uttered by Gauls and traders, who affirmed that the Germans were men of a mighty frame and an incredible valour and skill at arms.
a panic arose from inquiries made by our troops and remarks uttered by Gauls and traders, who affirmed that the Germans were men of a mighty frame and an incredible valour and skill at arms.
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war,
can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.
can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.
Julius Caesar Act 1 Quotes
"Poor man!
I know he would not be a wolfBut that he sees the Romans are but sheep;He were no lion were not Romans hinds."
I know he would not be a wolfBut that he sees the Romans are but sheep;He were no lion were not Romans hinds."
"Oh, he sits high in all the people's hearts,
And that which would appear offense in us,
His countenance, like richest alchemy,
Will change to virtue and to worthiness."
And that which would appear offense in us,
His countenance, like richest alchemy,
Will change to virtue and to worthiness."
"You blocks, you stones,
you worse than senseless things!
O you hard hearts,
you cruèl men of Rome!Knew you not Pompey?"
you worse than senseless things!
O you hard hearts,
you cruèl men of Rome!Knew you not Pompey?"
Julius Caesar Quotes Sparknotes
Julius Caesar Quotes In Latin
Ignavi coram morte quidem animam trahunt,
audaces autem illam non saltem advertunt - The cowards agonize about death, the brave don't even notice it (Julius Caesar)
audaces autem illam non saltem advertunt - The cowards agonize about death, the brave don't even notice it (Julius Caesar)
Meos tam suspicione quam crimine iudico carere oportere -
My people should never be suspected of breaking the law (Sentence of Julius Caesar, after divorcing Pompeii in 62 BC)
My people should never be suspected of breaking the law (Sentence of Julius Caesar, after divorcing Pompeii in 62 BC)
Beati Hispani quibus bibere vivere est -
Lucky the Spaniards, for whom living is drinking (Julius Caesar)
Lucky the Spaniards, for whom living is drinking (Julius Caesar)
Fere libenter homines,
id quod volunt, credunt -
People almost always willingly believe what you want (Julius Caesar - De Bello Gallico, III, 18)
id quod volunt, credunt -
People almost always willingly believe what you want (Julius Caesar - De Bello Gallico, III, 18)
Cum tridui viam processisset -
With only three days' way forward
(Julius Caesar - De Bello Gallico IV)
With only three days' way forward
(Julius Caesar - De Bello Gallico IV)
Iulia Pompeio nupsit -
Julia married Pompey
(Things people do to please their father - Julia was the daughter of Julius Caesar and married Pompey so his father could form a strong political alliance with him)
Julia married Pompey
(Things people do to please their father - Julia was the daughter of Julius Caesar and married Pompey so his father could form a strong political alliance with him)
Malo hic esse primus quam Romae secundus -
I prefer to be first in this place than to be second at Rome.
(Julius Caesar, according to Plutarch )
I prefer to be first in this place than to be second at Rome.
(Julius Caesar, according to Plutarch )
Caesarem vehis, Caesarique fortunam -
You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune
(Julius Caesar said this words on a stormy voyage across the Adriatic Sea to pirates who had kidnapped him.
These pirates would ask for a reward of 20 bars of gold,
but Cesar insisted that they charged 50 for him.
After Caesar was released, Caesar and his troops captured these pirates and crucified them -
It was said to a Captain attempting to bring Caesar (in disguise) back to Italia,
in search of Marcus Antonius and the bulk of Caesar's army.
Not Pirates... He told them "I will return & crucify you all..
" - Thank you: S. Scott Fain
You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune
(Julius Caesar said this words on a stormy voyage across the Adriatic Sea to pirates who had kidnapped him.
These pirates would ask for a reward of 20 bars of gold,
but Cesar insisted that they charged 50 for him.
After Caesar was released, Caesar and his troops captured these pirates and crucified them -
It was said to a Captain attempting to bring Caesar (in disguise) back to Italia,
in search of Marcus Antonius and the bulk of Caesar's army.
Not Pirates... He told them "I will return & crucify you all..
" - Thank you: S. Scott Fain
Et milia passuum tria ab eorum castris castra ponit -
And set up camp three miles from them
(Julius Caesar - Bello Gallico )
And set up camp three miles from them
(Julius Caesar - Bello Gallico )
Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt -
Men freely believe in whatever they want (Julius Caesar)
Men freely believe in whatever they want (Julius Caesar)
Alea iacta est -
The die has been thrown (Said by Julius Caesar when he crossed with his troops the Rubicon river in 49 BC, despite the refusal of the Roman Senate, thus provoking civil war)
The die has been thrown (Said by Julius Caesar when he crossed with his troops the Rubicon river in 49 BC, despite the refusal of the Roman Senate, thus provoking civil war)
Et tu, Brute? -
And you too Brutus? (Julius Caesar last words - also quoted as Tu quoque, fili mi! )
And you too Brutus? (Julius Caesar last words - also quoted as Tu quoque, fili mi! )
Quibus rebus Roman nuntiatis tantus repente terror invasit -
Upon learning this news, an intense, sudden fear invaded Rome (Julius Caesar - De Bello Civili )
Upon learning this news, an intense, sudden fear invaded Rome (Julius Caesar - De Bello Civili )
Duas fossas XV pedes latas eadem altitudine perduxit -
Directed the construction of two trenches fifteen feet wide and the same depth (Julius Caesar - The Gallic war)
Directed the construction of two trenches fifteen feet wide and the same depth (Julius Caesar - The Gallic war)
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres -
Gaul is divided into three parts (Julius Caesar - De Bello Gallico )
Gaul is divided into three parts (Julius Caesar - De Bello Gallico )
Julius Caesar Quotes About Life
Most impressively,
most of his accomplishments were achieved by using the power of his brain rather than his body. He is an extremely intelligent and successful man so it’s not surprising that many people around the world love Julius Caesar quotes.
most of his accomplishments were achieved by using the power of his brain rather than his body. He is an extremely intelligent and successful man so it’s not surprising that many people around the world love Julius Caesar quotes.
Julius Caesar’s reign was controversial. However,
you can’t deny that he is one of most successful and influential people in history. He was a wise man so Julius Caesar quotes truly unforgettable.
you can’t deny that he is one of most successful and influential people in history. He was a wise man so Julius Caesar quotes truly unforgettable.
Caesar and Pompey formed a critical alliance that was successful for years.
Julius Caesar later used his political power to defeat Pompey and anyone else who stood in his way to rule over Rome.
Julius Caesar later used his political power to defeat Pompey and anyone else who stood in his way to rule over Rome.
Ceaser shall fought the things that threaten him;
never looked but on his back, when they shall see his face they are vanished.
never looked but on his back, when they shall see his face they are vanished.
Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings. – Julius Caesar
I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth. – Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar is most famous for the drama involving his death and subsequent loss of power. This event is so famous that Shakespeare even wrote a play based on it. Basically, the senators all agreed that Caesar had to go. They plotted to kill him. Mark Antony, Caesar’s’ right-hand man, learned of the plot but was stopped before he could get to Caesar. All the Senators stabbed Caesar brutally.
What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also. – Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar Quotes About Fate
You know that I held Epicurus strong
And his opinion. Now I change my mind,
And partly credit things that do presage. (5.1.78-80)
And his opinion. Now I change my mind,
And partly credit things that do presage. (5.1.78-80)
This day I breathed first. Time is come round,
And where I did begin, there shall I end.
My life is run his compass. (5.3.23-26)
And where I did begin, there shall I end.
My life is run his compass. (5.3.23-26)
Even by the rule of that philosophy
By which I did blame Cato for the death
Which he did give himself
… arming myself with patience
To stay the providence of some high powers
That govern us below. (5.1.102-109)
By which I did blame Cato for the death
Which he did give himself
… arming myself with patience
To stay the providence of some high powers
That govern us below. (5.1.102-109)
Julius Caesar Quotes Brutus
There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats,
For I am armed so strong in honesty
That they pass by me as the idle wind. (4.3.70-72)
For I am armed so strong in honesty
That they pass by me as the idle wind. (4.3.70-72)
And it is very much lamented, Brutus,
That you have no such mirrors as will turn
Your hidden worthiness into your eye
That you might see your shadow. I have heard
Where many of the best respect in Rome,
Except immortal Caesar, speaking of Brutus
And groaning underneath this age’s yoke,
Have wished that noble Brutus had his eyes. (1.2.57-64)
That you have no such mirrors as will turn
Your hidden worthiness into your eye
That you might see your shadow. I have heard
Where many of the best respect in Rome,
Except immortal Caesar, speaking of Brutus
And groaning underneath this age’s yoke,
Have wished that noble Brutus had his eyes. (1.2.57-64)
This was the noblest Roman of them all.
All the conspirators save only he
Did that they did in envy of great Caesar.
He only in a general honest thought
And common good to all, made one of them.
His life was gentle, and the elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, This was a man.
. . . According to his virtue let us use him,
With all respect and rites of burial. (5.5.75-80)
All the conspirators save only he
Did that they did in envy of great Caesar.
He only in a general honest thought
And common good to all, made one of them.
His life was gentle, and the elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, This was a man.
. . . According to his virtue let us use him,
With all respect and rites of burial. (5.5.75-80)
Be not deceived. If I have veiled my look,
I turn the trouble of my countenance
Merely upon myself. Vexèd I am
Of late with passions of some difference,
Conceptions only proper to myself,
Which give some soil perhaps to my behaviors.
But let not therefore, my good friends, be grieved—
Among which number, Cassius, be you one—
Nor construe any further my neglect
Than that poor Brutus, with himself at war,
Forgets the shows of love to other men. (1.2.39-49)
I turn the trouble of my countenance
Merely upon myself. Vexèd I am
Of late with passions of some difference,
Conceptions only proper to myself,
Which give some soil perhaps to my behaviors.
But let not therefore, my good friends, be grieved—
Among which number, Cassius, be you one—
Nor construe any further my neglect
Than that poor Brutus, with himself at war,
Forgets the shows of love to other men. (1.2.39-49)
I would not, Cassius. Yet I love him well.
But wherefore do you hold me here so long?
What is it that you would impart to me?
If it be aught toward the general good,
Set honor in one eye and death i' th' other,
And I will look on both indifferently,
For let the gods so speed me as I love
The name of honor more than I fear death. (1.2.84-91)
But wherefore do you hold me here so long?
What is it that you would impart to me?
If it be aught toward the general good,
Set honor in one eye and death i' th' other,
And I will look on both indifferently,
For let the gods so speed me as I love
The name of honor more than I fear death. (1.2.84-91)
Be patient till the last.
Romans, countrymen, and lovers! Hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar’s, to him I say that Brutus’s love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. (3.2.14-28)
Romans, countrymen, and lovers! Hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar’s, to him I say that Brutus’s love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. (3.2.14-28)
What villain touched his body, that did stab,
And not for justice? What, shall one of us
That struck the foremost man of all this world
But for supporting robbers, shall we now
Contaminate our fingers with base bribes,
And sell the mighty space of our large honors
For so much trash as may be graspèd thus?
I had rather be a dog and bay the moon
Than such a Roman. (4.3.20-28)
And not for justice? What, shall one of us
That struck the foremost man of all this world
But for supporting robbers, shall we now
Contaminate our fingers with base bribes,
And sell the mighty space of our large honors
For so much trash as may be graspèd thus?
I had rather be a dog and bay the moon
Than such a Roman. (4.3.20-28)
Judge me, you gods! Wrong I mine enemies?
And if not so, how should I wrong a brother? (4.2.39-40)
And if not so, how should I wrong a brother? (4.2.39-40)
Julius Caesar Pride Quotes
O, this life Is nobler than attending for a check,
Richer than doing nothing for a robe, Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk: Such pain the cap of him that makes him fine Yet keeps his book uncrossed.
Richer than doing nothing for a robe, Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk: Such pain the cap of him that makes him fine Yet keeps his book uncrossed.
The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair:
The roses fearfully on thorns did stand, One blushing shame, another white despair; A third, nor red nor white, had stol'n of both And to his robbery had annex'd thy breath; But, for his theft, in pride of all his growth A vengeful canker eat him up to death. More flowers I noted, yet I none could see But sweet or colour it had stol'n from thee.
The roses fearfully on thorns did stand, One blushing shame, another white despair; A third, nor red nor white, had stol'n of both And to his robbery had annex'd thy breath; But, for his theft, in pride of all his growth A vengeful canker eat him up to death. More flowers I noted, yet I none could see But sweet or colour it had stol'n from thee.
He that is proud eats up himself; pride in his glass, his trumpet, his chronicle; and whatever praises itself but in the deed, devours the deed in the praise
It may do good; pride hath no other glass To show itself but pride, for supple knees Feed arrogance and are the proud man's fees.
I love thee so, that, maugre all thy pride,
Nor wit nor reason can my passion hide.
Do not extort thy reasons from this clause,
For that I woo, thou therefore hast no cause
But rather reason thus with reason fetter,
Love sought is good, but given unsought better.
Nor wit nor reason can my passion hide.
Do not extort thy reasons from this clause,
For that I woo, thou therefore hast no cause
But rather reason thus with reason fetter,
Love sought is good, but given unsought better.
I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth. My high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me.
Why, who cries out on pride that can therein tax any private party? Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea till the weary very means do ebb?
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