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

Let the die be cast.

Speech -49

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

Attributed -60

I am constant as the northern star.

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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.

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The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.

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Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war.

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Beware the ides of March.

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Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.

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Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

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There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.

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All the conspirators save only he did that they did in envy of great Caesar.

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Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus, and we petty men walk under his huge legs.

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Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.

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The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.

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Men at some time are masters of their fates.

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Let me have men about me that are fat, sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o'nights.

Attributed -44

Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

Letter -62

Divide and rule.

De Bello Gallico -55

Victory is a thing of pride, but safety is a thing of strength.

De Bello Civili -48

He who slinks behind the laws does not act like a citizen.

Attributed -50