| “Cry Havoc! and let slip the dogs of war.” | Antony – Thinking of revenge contemplating Caesar’s corpse |
| “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves that we are underlings.” | Cassius – Trying to convince Brutus to kill Caesar |
| “Beware the ides of March.” | Soothsayer |
| “There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.” | Brutus, talking about fighting at Phillipi |
| “Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valliant never taste of death but once.” | Caesar – dismissing Calpurnia’s fears |
| “Speak hands for me!” | Casca – said this as he stabbed Caesar |
| “When beggars die, there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.” | Calpurnia – begging Caesar not to go out on the ides of March |
| “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.” | Caesar – speaking to Marc Anthony |
| “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears! I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” | Anthony’s eulogy of Caesar |
| “Not that I lov’d Caesar less, but that I lov’d Rome more.” | Brutus – trying to explain to the angry men why he assassinated Caesar |
| “Mischief, thou art afoot, Take thou what course thou wilt.” | Marc Antony |
| “Thou art the ruins of the noblest man, That ever lived in the tide of times. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!” | Marc Antony |
| “Et tu, Brute? Then fall Caesar!” | Julius Caesar |
| I shall remember, When Caesar says, “Do this”, it is performed.” | Antony |
| “O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason! Bear with me, My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.” | Antony |
| “But when I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does, being then most flattered.” | Decius |
| “This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors’ arms, Quite vanquished him.” | Antony |
| “I know where I will wear this dagger then; Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius.” | Cassius |
| “…I do fear the people choose Caesar for their King.” | Brutus |
| “The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.” | Antony |
| “Even for that our love old, I prithee Hold thou my sword-hilts whilst I run on it.” | Brutus |
| “He was my friend, faithful and just to me. But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man.” | Antony |
| “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.” | Cassius |
| “Let’s carve him as a dish fit for the gods, Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds.” | Brutus speaking of Caesar |
| And therefore think him as a serpent’s egg, Which, hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous, And kill him in the shell.” | Brutus |
| “I shall remember. When Caesar says “Do this,” it is performed.” | Antonius |
| “I am not gamesome. I do lack some part Of that quick spirit that is in Antony. Let me not hinder, Cassius, your desires. I’ll leave you.” | Brutus |
| “Cassius, Be not deceived. If I have veiled my look, I turn the trouble of my countenance Merely upon myself.” | Brutus |
Julius Caesar quotes
April 11, 2020