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- “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. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.”
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Julius Caesar is a Shakespeare play with many instantly recognisable quotes – ‘Friends, Romans, countrymen’ anyone? As with so many of his plays Shakespeare brings the characters to life with fantastic dialogue and some very memorable quotes.
There are lots of famous quotes in Julius Caesar, including 'It was Greek to me', which is often misquoted today as 'It was all Greek to me' (Act 1, Scene 2) , meaning 'I didn't understand it'. Here are some selected famous quotes, in the order they appear in the play.
Although Latin, ‘Et tu Brute‘ is one of the most famous quotations from English literature, from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar play. It is uttered by Julius Caesar in one of the most dramatic, violent and bloody scenes, in which a group of murderers – including Brutus – gang up on their victim, Julius Caesar, to stab him to death, then ...
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These lines come from Caesars speech in Act III, scene i, just before his assassination. The conspirators have come to Caesar in the Senate under the pretense of pleading for amnesty for Metelluss banished brother, Publius Cimber. Caesar replies that he will adhere to his word and not change his earlier decision.
Comparing himself to the North Star, Caesar boasts of his constancy, his commitment to the law, and his refusal to waver under any persuasion. This comparison implies more than steadfastness, however: the North Star is the star by which sailors have navigated since ancient times, the star that guides them in their voyages, just as Caesar leads the ...
As it comes mere moments before the murder, the speech adds much irony to the scene: having just boasted that he is unassailable, Caesar is shortly assailed and killed. In announcing his constancy, Caesar claims permanency, immortality even. The assassins quickly prove Caesar mortal, however. But as the later events of the play reveal, Caesars infl...
Famous Lines: Julius Caesar. “Chew upon this…”. — Brutus 1.2.272. “But, for mine own part, it was Greek to me.”. — Casca 1.2.279. “Caesar, I have never stood on ceremonies…”. — Calphurnia 2.2.13.
Julius Caesar Quotes Showing 1-30 of 189. “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”. ― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar. tags: self-determination, self-responsibility, timidity. 9061 likes.
Here we come to one of the most famous quotations from Julius Caesar: an expression which the contemporary US novelist John Green turned on its head for the title of his book The Fault in Our Stars. The quotation appears in Act 1 Scene 2 and is spoken by Cassius, one of the conspirators.
