| E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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The die is cast. The step is taken, and I cannot draw back. So said Julius Cæsar when he crossed the Rubicon.
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| I have set my life upon the cast, |
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Shakespeare: Richard III., v. 4. |
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