Name___________________________________________
Julius Caesar Quotations
10 points
Identify, in MLA format, the act, scene, and line numbers for the following quotes. For
example (the documentation is in bold):
“Truly, sir, in respect of a fine workman, I am but,/as you would say, a cobbler.” Cobbler
(1.1.10-11)
“Yon Cassius hath a mean and hungry look.” Julius Caesar________________________
“As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it;/ As he was
valiant, I honour him; but as he was ambitious, I slew him.” Brutus_________________
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,/But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
Cassius___________________________________
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.” Antony______________________
“Cowards die many times before their deaths;/The valiant never taste of death but once.”
Caesar_____________________________________
“But, for mine own part, it was Greek to me.” Casca____________________________
“I have made a strong proof of my constancy,/Giving myself a voluntary wound/Here in
my thigh.” Portia_____________________________________
“Stoop, Romans, stoop./And let us bathe our hands in Caesar’s blood/Up to the elbows.”
Brutus______________________________________
“Thou shall see me at Philippi.” Caesar’s ghost______________________________
“Why, man, he doth bestride the world/Like a Colossus; and we petty men/Walk under
his huge legs, and peep about/To find themselves dishonourable graves.”
Cassius____________________________________________
“Beware the Ides of March.” Soothsayer______________________________________
“I think it is not meet Mark Antony, so well beloved of Caesar,/Should outlive Caesar.”
Cassius______________________________________
“Messala, this is my birthday; as this very day/Was Cassius born. Give me thy hand,
Messala:/Be thou witness that against my will/(As Pompey was) am I compelled to
set/Upon one battle all our liberties.” Cassius__________________________________
“O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet!/Thy spirit walks abroad, and turns our swords/In
our own proper entrails.” Brutus_________________________________
“You say you are a better soldier:/Let it appear so; make your vaunting true,/And it shall
please me well.” Brutus______________________________________________
“ ‘Tis better that the enemy seek us/So shall he waste his means, weary his
soldiers,/Doing himself offense, whilst we, lying still,/Are full of rest, defense, and
nimbleness.”Cassius_______________________________________
“This is not Brutus, friend, but, I assure you,/A prize no less in worth. Keep this man
safe;/Give him all kindness. I had rather have/Such men my friends than enemies.”
Antony__________________________________________
“Farewell, good Strato—Caesar, now be still;/I killed not thee with half so good a will.”
Brutus____________________________________________
“This was the noblest Roman of them all.”Antony______________________________
“So I hope./I was not born to die on Brutus’ sword.” Octavius_____________________