Julius Caesar Quotes

What millions died – that Caesar might be great!

Would that the Roman people had but one neck!

The court jester had the right to say the most outrageous things to the king. Everything was permitted during carnival, even the songs that the Roman legionnaires would sing, calling Julius Caesar 'queen,' alluding, in a very transparent way, to his real, or presumed, homosexual escapades.

Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against her and Clodius. When asked why, in that case, he had divorced her, he replied: Because I would have the chastity of my wife clear even of suspicion.

Either Caesar Or Nothing Aut Caesar aut Nihil

After he routed Pharnaces Ponticus at the first assault, he wrote thus to his friends: "I came, I saw, I conquered.

I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hyacinth the Garden wears Dropt in her Lap from some once lovely Head.

The Ides of March? That doesn't worry me.

One of my favourite things growing up was 'Asterix', those books.

Here was a Caesar! When comes such another?

'The Ides of March' was a fairly cynical film.

We did a black 'Julius Caesar' in which the predominant accent was Caribbean. This offends many people, you know. I also had a Chinese Marc Anthony. I also managed - this caused a great shock - I also got some white guys in it as well!

They whispered to Caesar that he was mortal, then sold daggers at half-price in the grand March sale.

The strongest poison ever found Came from Caesar's laurel crown.

Julius Caesar's wife, who said to Julius, We are not naming our son Sid! Never got a dinner!

Playing Mark Antony in 'Rome' will always be a favourite of mine because he was such an outrageously big and interesting character to play. Also, the fact that we were able, with that character, to find out and present the public with a biography of that man that had not been really seen before.

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

'Ides of March' I did for scale - scale as a director, scale as an actor, scale as a writer.

You, too, Brutus my son! Et tu, Brute fili.

I cannot but bless the memory of Julius Caesar, for the great esteem he expressed for fat men and his aversion to lean ones.

The ides of March are come. Soothsayer: Ay, Caesar; but not gone.

The story of Jesus Christ appearing after he was dead is the story of an apparition, such as timid imaginations can always create in vision, and credulity believe. Stories of this kind had been told of the assassination of Julius Caesar.

Take care always to remember that you are a Roman.... Have a care you are not too much of a Caesar!

[Napoleon has now] surpassed...Alexander & Caesar, not to mention the great advantage he has over them in the Cause he fights in.