O, that a man might know The end of this day’s…

O, that a man might know
The end of this day’s business ere it come!
But it sufficeth that the day will end,
And then the end is known.

Act V

Brutus, scene i

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Et tu, Bruté? — Then fall, Caesar! - View Quote Details on Et tu, Bruté? — Then fall, Caesar!
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault;
And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest, —
For Brutus is an honorable man;
So are they all, all honorable men, —
Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honorable man. - View Quote Details on Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury…
Into what dangers would you lead me, Cassius,
That you would have me seek into myself
For that which is not in me? - View Quote Details on Into what dangers would you lead me, Cassius,
That you would…
Cassius: Did Cicero say anything?
Casca: Ay, he spoke Greek.
Cassius: To what effect?
Casca: Nay, an I tell you that I’ll ne’er look you i’ the face again: but those that understood him smiled at one another, and shook their heads; but, for mine own part, it was Greek to me. - View Quote Details on Cassius: Did Cicero say anything?
Casca: Ay, he spoke Greek.
Cassius: To…
And it is very much lamented, Brutus,
That you have no such mirrors as will turn
Your hidden worthiness into your eye. - View Quote Details on And it is very much lamented, Brutus,
That you have no…
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me. - View Quote Details on My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I…
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. - View Quote Details on O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have…
But this same day
Must end that work the ides of March begun;
And whether we shall meet again I know not.
Therefore our everlasting farewell take:
For ever, and for ever, farewell, Cassius!
If we do meet again, why, we shall smile;
If not, why, then, this parting was well made. - View Quote Details on But this same day
Must end that work the ides of…
O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! - View Quote Details on O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am…
How many ages hence
Shall this our lofty scene be acted over,
In states unborn and accents yet unknown! - View Quote Details on How many ages hence
Shall this our lofty scene be acted…