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Tragedy (play)6 quotes
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 interrèd with their bones. — William Shakespeare · 1599If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. — William Shakespeare · 1599Be it art or hap,
He hath spoken true. — William Shakespeare · 1607His life was gentle and the elements
So mixed in him that nature might stand up
And say to all the world “This was a man.” — William Shakespeare · 1599For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth,
Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech
To stir men’s blood. I only speak right on. — William Shakespeare · 1599Let's have one other gaudy night. — William Shakespeare · 1607History (play)4 quotes
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 interrèd with their bones. — William Shakespeare · 1599If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. — William Shakespeare · 1599His life was gentle and the elements
So mixed in him that nature might stand up
And say to all the world “This was a man.” — William Shakespeare · 1599For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth,
Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech
To stir men’s blood. I only speak right on. — William Shakespeare · 1599