Julius Caesar ACT III SCENE II Flashcards
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Be patient till the last.
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Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my
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cause, and be silent, that you may hear: believe me
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for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that
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you may believe: censure me in your wisdom, and
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awake your senses, that you may the better judge.
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If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of
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Caesar’s, to him I say, that Brutus’ love to Caesar
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was no less than his. If then that friend demand
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why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer:
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–Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved
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Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living and
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die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live
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all free men? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him;
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as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was