Julius Caesar

Statesmanship Rome -100 – -44 93 quotes

General and dictator whose reforms and conquests paved the way for the Roman Empire.

Quotes by Julius Caesar

Divide and conquer.

Attributed (often associated with Caesar's strategies)

It is better to suffer once than to be always dreading.

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The people as a whole are often fickle, and change their minds easily.

Commentarii de Bello Gallico

Fortune, which has a great deal of influence in all other things, but especially in war.

Commentarii de Bello Gallico

No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.

Commentarii de Bello Gallico

The things that we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.

Attributed

Great things are done when men and mountains meet.

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I have always reckoned the best way to meet danger is to face it as a man; to be calm and collected in the midst of it.

Attributed

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' (attributed to Cassius, but reflects themes)

It is not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Attributed (modern paraphrase of a sentiment)

The victor is always right.

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I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

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War is the natural state of mankind.

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The greatest wealth is health.

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The best way to avenge yourself is to be unlike him who did the injury.

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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

Attributed (often misattributed, but reflects a certain Roman pragmatism)

I had rather have a plain, russet-coated captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a gentleman, and is nothing else.

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He conquers who endures.

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The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today.

Attributed (Stoic philosophy, often associated with Roman thought)