Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
But, for my own part, it was Greek to me. -- William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar" | |
Delay not, Caesar. Read it instantly. -- Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar" 3,1 Here is a letter, read it at your leisure. -- Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice" 5,1 [Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data Structures", V4.4, when referring to I/O system services.] | |
Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come. -- William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar" | |
The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power. -- William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar" | |
This was the most unkindest cut of all. -- William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar" | |
Men freely believe that what they wish to desire. -- Julius Caesar | |
Alea iacta est. [The die is cast] -- Gaius Julius Caesar | |
All bad precedents began as justifiable measures. -- Gaius Julius Caesar, quoted in "The Conspiracy of Catiline", by Sallust | |
I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble. -- Augustus Caesar | |
Veni, vidi, vici. [I came, I saw, I conquered]. -- Gaius Julius Caesar | |
I love treason but hate a traitor. -- Gaius Julius Caesar | |
Friends, Romans, Hipsters, Let me clue you in; I come to put down Caesar, not to groove him. The square kicks some cats are on stay with them; The hip bits, like, go down under; so let it lay with Caesar. The cool Brutus Gave you the message: Caesar had big eyes; If that's the sound, someone's copping a plea, And, like, old Caesar really set them straight. Here, copacetic with Brutus and the studs, -- for Brutus is a real cool cat; So are they all, all cool cats, -- Come I to make this gig at Caesar's laying down. | |
The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one. -- Sid Caesar | |
Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young. -- Augustus Caesar |