John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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William Shakespeare. (15641616) (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 flourishd 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 condemnd 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 armd 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 answerd 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 friends infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
Julius Cæsar. Act iv. Sc. 3.