Julius Caesar Quotation Test Study

Beware the Ides of March.

Soothsayer

Warning Caesar before the assassination.

Fate vs. Free Will

Et tu, Brute?—Then fall, Caesar.

Caesar

As he is stabbed by conspirators, shocked by Brutus' betrayal.

Betrayal, Loyalty

Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.

Caesar

Caesar mistrusts Cassius' ambition.

Power, Suspicion

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

Cassius

Persuading Brutus to join the conspiracy.

Free Will, Ambition

One should not be so quick to change sides.

Marullus

The crowd is fickle and disloyal.

Chaos, Mob Mentality, Betrayal

This was the most unkindest cut of all.

Antony

Referring to Brutus' betrayal during Caesar's funeral.

Betrayal, Persuasion

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

Antony

Beginning of his famous funeral oration.

Rhetoric, Persuasion

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.

Caesar

Dismissing Calpurnia's fears.

Bravery, Fate.

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

Brutus

Explaining to the people why Caesar had to die.

Honor, Patriotism

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

Antony

Declaring war after Caesar's assassination.

Revenge, Violence

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

Brutus

Urging Cassius to seize the moment at Philippi.

Fate, Opportunity.

It must be by his death; and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, But for the general.

Brutus

Justifying Caesar's assassination.

Duty vs. Friendship

Let me have men about me that are fat.

Caesar

Prefers content men over ambitious Cassius.

Ambition, distrust of Ambition, Power

Caesar, beware of Brutus; take heed of Cassius.

Artemidorus

Trying to warn Caesar.

Fate (ignored)

The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.

Antony

Funeral oration, undermining Brutus' case.

Legacy, Rhetoric

O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason.

Antony

Funeral speech stirring crowd.

Persuasion, Mob mentality

Set honour in one eye and death i' the other, And I will look on both indifferently.

Brutus

Declaring his devotion to honor above life.

Honor, stoicism

For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men.

Antony

Repeatedly undermining the conspirators' motives.

Irony, Persuasion

When beggars die there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.

Calpurnia

Warning Caesar after omens.

Fate, superstition

You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!

Marullus

Scolding commoners for celebrating Caesar.

Loyalty, fickleness of the crowd

Men at sometime are masters of their fates.

Cassiys

Persuading Brutus against Caesar.

Free will, responsibility

Caesar, now be still; I killed not thee with half so good a will.

Brutus

Brutus' final words before suicide.

Honor, morality

Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Cassius.

Brutus

Urging conspirators to kill Caesar nobly.

Honor, morality

O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!

Antony

Speaking over Caesar's body.

Revenge, loyalty

This was the noblest Roman of them all.

Antony

After Brutus' death, Antony honors him.

Legacy, honor