Julius Caesar
General and dictator whose reforms and conquests paved the way for the Roman Empire.
Quotes by Julius Caesar
Let the die be cast.
If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.
I am constant as the northern star.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war.
Beware the ides of March.
Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
All the conspirators save only he did that they did in envy of great Caesar.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus, and we petty men walk under his huge legs.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
Let me have men about me that are fat, sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o'nights.
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.
Divide and rule.
Victory is a thing of pride, but safety is a thing of strength.
He who slinks behind the laws does not act like a citizen.