William Shakespeare Quotes
And Caesar shall go forth.
Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Riverside Shakespeare, edited by G. Blakemore Evans, Houghton Mifflin, 1974, p. 1115.
This passage was marked in Cecil Rhode's personal copy of the Meditations.
Churchill's first government job was as Undersecretary of the Colonies. Shortly after his appointment he observed:
See a similar sentiment by Tallyrand
Quoted in somewhat different form by Richard Nixon
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. They also continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
