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William Shakespeare
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“Darest thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point?" Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Help me, Cassius, or I sink!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Ye gods, it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. 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.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Conjure with 'em,-- Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Cæsar. Now, in the names of all the gods at once, Upon what meat doth this our Cæsar feed, That he is grown so great? Age, thou art shamed! Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“There was a Brutus once that would have brook'd The eternal devil to keep his state in Rome As easily as a king.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights: Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at anything.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But, for my own part, it was Greek to me.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“'T is a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream: The Genius and the mortal instruments Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A dish fit for the gods.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But when I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does, being then most flattered.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Boy! Lucius! Fast asleep? It is no matter; Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber: Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies, Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep'st so sound.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“With an angry wafture of your hand, Gave sign for me to leave you.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“You are my true and honourable wife, As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so father'd and so husbanded?”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Fierce fiery warriors fought upon the clouds, In ranks and squadrons and right form of war, Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“These things are beyond all use, And I do fear them.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“When beggars die, there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“_Cæs._ The ides of March are come. _Sooth._ Ay, Cæsar; but not gone.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But I am constant as the northern star, Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Et tu, Brute!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over In states unborn and accents yet unknown!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The choice and master spirits of this age.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Though last, not least in love.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Not that I loved Cæsar less, but that I loved Rome more.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Who is here so base that would be a bondman?”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“If any, speak; for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Cæsar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“When that the poor have cried, Cæsar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But yesterday the word of Cæsar might Have stood against the world; now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“See what a rent the envious Casca made.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“This was the most unkindest cut of all.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Great Cæsar fell. O, what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“What private griefs they have, alas, I know not.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts: I am no orator, as Brutus is; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I only speak right on.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Put a tongue In every wound of Cæsar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“When love begins to sicken and decay, It useth an enforced ceremony. There are no tricks in plain and simple faith.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“You yourself Are much condemn'd to have an itching palm.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The foremost man of all this world.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source