Julius Caesar Quotes

Arms and laws do not flourish together.

It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension.

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.

I have always reckoned the dignity of the republic of first importance and preferable to life.

In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are.

To win by strategy is no less the role of a general than to win by arms.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.

He conquers twice, who shows mercy to the conquered.

A coward dies a thousand deaths, the gallant never taste of death but once.

I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.

And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind is closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and do it gladly so.

It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.

No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance.