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The foremost man of all this world.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
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 (1599)
What trade are you?
Truly, sir, in respect of a fine workman, I am but, as you would say, a cobbler.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
Are yet two Romans living such as these?
The last of all the Romans, fare thee well!
Julius Cæsar (1599)
Blow wind, swell billow, and swim bark!
The storm is up, and all is on the hazard.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
O constancy, be strong upon my side,
Set a huge mountain 'tween my heart and tongue!
I have a man's mind, but a woman's might.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
You are yoked with a lamb,
That carries anger as the flint bears fire;
Who, much enforced, shows a hasty spark.
And straight is cold again.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
Would he were fatter! But I fear him not:
Yet if my name were liable to fear,
I do not know the man I should avoid
So soon as that spare Cassius.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
Such an exploit have I in hand, Ligarius,
Had you a healthful ear to hear of it.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
The skies are painted with unnumber'd sparks,
They are all fire and every one doth shine,
But there's but one in all doth hold his place.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
Wherefore art not in thy shop to-day?
Why dost thou lead these men about the streets?
Truly, sir, to wear out their shoes, to get myself into more work.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
But, for my own part, it was Greek to me.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
I will with patience hear, and find a time
Both meet to hear and answer such high things.
Till then, my noble friend, chew upon this.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
Fates, we will know your pleasures:
That we shall die we know; 'tis but the time
And drawing days out, that men stand upon.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort
As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit
That could be mov'd to smile at anything.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
Thou art a cobbler, art thou?
Truly, sir, all that I live by is with the awl: * * * I am indeed, sir, a surgeon to old shoes.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
What trade art thou? answer me directly.
A trade, sir, that, I hope, I may use with a safe conscience; which is, indeed sir, a mender of bad soles.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
But yesterday the word of Cæsar might
Have stood against the world; now lies he there,
And none so poor to do him reverence.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats,
For I am arm'd so strong in honesty
That they pass by me as the idle wind,
Which I respect not.
Julius Cæsar (1599)
Fast asleep? It is no matter;
Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber;
Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies,
Which busy care draws in the brains of men;
Therefore thou sleep'st so sound.
Julius Cæsar (1599)