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Julius Caesar
8 quotes
“Veni, vidi, vici.”
Julius Caesar (100–44 BC) first seen 47 BC wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I came, I saw, I conquered". Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C., after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days, as quoted by Plutarch in Life of Caesar, a work written in Greek (). This is also rep…
Also quoted by: Gaio Giulio Cesare (it), Gaius Iulius Caesar (la), Júlio César (pt)
“Alea iacta est.”
Julius Caesar (100–44 BC) first seen 49 BC wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said when crossing the river Rubicon with his legions on 10 January, 49 BC, thus beginning the civil war with the forces of Pompey. The Rubicon river was the boundary of Gaul, the province Caesar had the authority to ke…
Also quoted by: Gaio Giulio Cesare (it), Gaius Iulius Caesar (la)
“Gallia omni pacata est.”
Julius Caesar (100–44 BC) first seen 52 BC wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Written in a letter with which Caesar informed the Roman Senate of his victory over Vercingetorix in 52 BC
“Sed fortuna, quae plurimum potest cum in reliquis rebus tum praecipue in bello, parvis momentis magnas rerum commutationes efficit; ut tum accidit.”
Julius Caesar (100–44 BC) said by 44 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Gaius Iulius Caesar (la)
“I assure you I had rather be the first man here than the second man in Rome.”
Julius Caesar (100–44 BC) said by 44 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On passing through a village in the Alps, as attributed in Parallel Lives , by Plutarch, as translated by John Langhorne and William Langhorne (1836), p. 499<!-- ; also quoted in p. 372 Handy-Book of Literary Curiositie…
“I will not ... that my wife be so much as suspected.”
Julius Caesar (100–44 BC) said by 44 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not the well-fed long-haired man I fear, but the pale and the hungry looking.”
Julius Caesar (100–44 BC) said by 44 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Καὶ σύ, τέκνον;”
Julius Caesar (100–44 BC) said by 44 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source