Alas, my lord, your wisdom is consumed in confidence.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow worldLike a Colossus; and we petty menWalk under his huge legs, and peep aboutTo find ourselves dishonourable graves.
The evil that men do lives after them
The educated man, habitually, almost without noticing it, sees the present as something that grows out of a long perspective of centuries. In my the minds of my RAF hearers this perspective simply did...
Et tu, Brute?
Apollodorus came, Caesar saw, Cleopatra conquered.
For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel:Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him!This was the most unkindest cut of all
Hot from hell. Caesar's spirit raging in revenge. Cry,havoc! And let slip the dogs of war.
Brutus: Kneel not, gentle Portia.Portia: I should need not, if you were gentle Brutus. Within the bond of marriage, tell me, Brutus, Is it excepted I should know no secrets That appertain to you? Am I...
Are you ready to be rejoined for all time with your fellow gods? Oh yes, she explained, For not only was he a god, but so were all mortals gods in disguise, divorced from their divine lineage, their t...
As they spoke, the only thing I could think about was that scene from Julius Caesar where Brutus stabs him in the back. Et tu, Eric?
O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
You must bear losses like a soldier, the voice told me, bravely and without complaint, and just when the day seems lost, grab your shield for another stand, another thrust forward. That is the junctur...
For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel:
La culpa, no está en nuestras estrellas, sino en nosotros mismos, que consentimos en ser inferiores.
Once you've spent a winter buried in the Alpine snow foraging for food, it's hard to complain over heat.