“For let the gods speed me as I love the name of honour more than I fear death” | Brutusto cassius He would rather die than be dishonorable |
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in the stars, but in ourselves that we are underlings” | Cassiusto brutusfuture depends on what you do and it is all in your hands |
“..it was Greek to me” | Cascato Brutus and CassiusHe didnt understand what cicero said |
“Let me have men about me that are fat. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous” | Caesarto AntonyMen who want things are dangerous because they will do anything to get it |
“Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius” | cassius said itTo cascaHe will kill himself to free himself from slavery? |
“Three parts of him is ours already” | Cassius said itto cascaWe’ve already won over 3 parts of him |
“Oh, he sits high in all people’s hearts, and that which would appear offense in us his countenance, like richest alchemy, will change to virtue and worthiness” | Cascato cassiusthe people love him, if we did something bad it will look good because of him” |
“Let’s carve him as a dish for the gods, not hew him as a carcase fit for hounds.” | brutusto conspiratorsdoesnt want to slaughter caesar but stab him in a decent manner |
“…he can do no more than caesar’s arm when Caesar’s head is cut off” | brutusto conspiratorsAntony will be as useless as caesar’s arm when his head is cut off |
“Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste of death but once” | caesarto calpurniacowards die many times before death but brave heros only die once |
“We are two lions littered in one day, and I the elder and more terrible” | caesarto calpurnia and servanthe and god are two brave people born at the same time, but caesar is older and more terrible |
“when beggars die, there are no comets seen: the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of a princess” | calpurnia to caesarwhen beggars die, it is not important but the heavens give signals before the death of royalty |
Oh pardon me thou bleeding piece of earth | … |
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April 15, 2020