JULIUS CAESAR Act I Sc. II
What is it that you would impart to me ?
If it be aught toward the general good,
Set honour in one eye and death i' the other,
And I will look on both indifferently ;
For, let the gods so speed me, as I love.
The name of honour more than I fear death. 21
Act. II. Sc. ii.
Cowards die many times before their deaths ;
The valiant never taste of death but once, 22
Act. III. Sc. ii.
If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of
Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar
was no less than his. If then that friend demand,
why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer.
Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome
more. Had you rather Caesar were living, and die
all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live
all freemen? 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. There is tears for his love; joy for his for-
tune; honour for his valour; and death for his ambi
