Julius Caesar on dignity
Julius Caesar50 quotes“I have always reckoned the dignity of the republic of first importance and preferable to life.”
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The difference between a republic and an empire is the loyalty of one’s army.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar He conquers twice, who shows mercy to the conquered.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar Go on, my friend, and fear nothing; you carry Caesar and his fortune in your boat.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar It’s only hubris if I fail.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar Men willingly believe what they wish.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar The die is cast.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar I came, I saw, I conquered.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar Creating is the essence of life.
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