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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued)
 
1334
    All his faults observed,
Set in a note-book, learn’d, and conn’d by rote.
          Julius Cæsar. Act iv. Sc. 3.
1335
    There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
          Julius Cæsar. Act iv. Sc. 3.
1336
    We must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.
          Julius Cæsar. Act iv. Sc. 3.
1337
    The deep of night is crept upon our talk,
And nature must obey necessity.
          Julius Cæsar. Act iv. Sc. 3.
1338
    Brutus. Then I shall see thee again?
Ghost. Ay, at Philippi.
Brutus. Why, I will see thee at Philippi, then.
          Julius Cæsar. Act iv. Sc. 3.
1339
    But for your words, they rob the Hybla bees,
And leave them honeyless.
          Julius Cæsar. Act v. Sc. 1.
1340
    Forever, and forever, farewell, Cassius!
If we do meet again, why, we shall smile;
If not, why then this parting was well made.
          Julius Cæsar. Act v. Sc. 1.
1341
    O, that a man might know
The end of this day’s business ere it come!
          Julius Cæsar. Act v. Sc. 1.
1342
    The last of all the Romans, fare thee well!
          Julius Cæsar. Act v. Sc. 3.
1343
    This was the noblest Roman of them all.
          Julius Cæsar. Act v. Sc. 5.
1344
    His life was gentle, and the elements
So mix’d in him, that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, “This was a man!”
          Julius Cæsar. Act v. Sc. 5.
1345
    1 W. When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
2 W. When the hurlyburly ’s done,
When the battle ’s lost and won.
          Macbeth. Act i. Sc. 1.
1346
    Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
          Macbeth. Act i. Sc. 1.
1347
    Banners flout the sky.
          Macbeth. Act i. Sc. 2.