John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued) |
| 1321 |
| 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. |
| Julius Cæsar. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1322 |
| What private griefs they have, alas, I know not. |
| Julius Cæsar. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1323 |
| 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. |
| Julius Cæsar. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1324 |
| I only speak right on. |
| Julius Cæsar. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1325 |
| Put a tongue In every wound of Cæsar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny. |
| Julius Cæsar. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 1326 |
| When love begins to sicken and decay, It useth an enforced ceremony. There are no tricks in plain and simple faith. |
| Julius Cæsar. Act iv. Sc. 2. |
| 1327 |
| You yourself Are much condemn’d to have an itching palm. |
| Julius Cæsar. Act iv. Sc. 3. |
| 1328 |
| The foremost man of all this world. |
| Julius Cæsar. Act iv. Sc. 3. |
| 1329 |
| I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman. |
| Julius Cæsar. Act iv. Sc. 3. |
| 1330 |
| I said, an elder soldier, not a better: Did I say “better”? |
| Julius Cæsar. Act iv. Sc. 3. |
| 1331 |
| There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am arm’d so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not. |
| Julius Cæsar. Act iv. Sc. 3. |
| 1332 |
| Should I have answer’d Caius Cassius so? When Marcus Brutus grows so covetous, To lock such rascal counters from his friends, Be ready, gods, with all your thunderbolts: Dash him to pieces! |
| Julius Cæsar. Act iv. Sc. 3. |
| 1333 |
| A friend should bear his friend’s infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are. |
| Julius Cæsar. Act iv. Sc. 3. |