Julius Caesar quotes?

Question

What are some of the most important quotes of Brutus in Julius Caesar? Why do you think so?

Answer 1

In the book "cultural literacy" the author E. D. Hirsch Jr. says that his father would write the phrase "There is a tide.." in a business letter. His father could count on everyone knowing exactly what those four words meant. It meant that they had to strike now or forever lose their opportunity. Today you might not expect anyone to know what the four words mean.

The quote is from Brutus.

"There is a tide in the affairs of men,

Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;

Omitted, all the voyage of their life

Is bound in shallows and in miseries."

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The last two lines of this quote are brilliant.

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And whether we shall meet again I know not.

Therefore our everlasting farewell take:

For ever, and for ever, farewell, Cassius!

If we do meet again, why, we shall smile;

If not, why then, this parting was well made.

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Brutus rhetorical defense to the people of Rome for killing his best friend.

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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 free men?

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.

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And Brutus's final couplet as he runs into a sword and kills himself in honorable Roman fashion.

"Caesar, now be still:

I kill'd not thee with half so good a will. "

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When Antony finds Brutus's dead body on the sword he delivers a famous line

"This was the noblest Roman of them all"

Answer 2

"If it be aught toward the general good,

Set honor 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 honor more than I fear death."

This quote shows that Brutus values honor above all else. This is a basic summary of his character.

"I kill'd not thee with half so good a will."

Brutus says this after he has been stabbed. This quote shows that Caesar was a dear friend to Brutus, and so Brutus finds it easier to kill himself rather than kill Caesar.

Answer 3

et tu, Brute?

Answer 4

"Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more."

Brutus  justifying betraying Caesar and taking part in his assassination.

Act 3, Scene 2, lines 21-22

"There is a tide in the affairs of men,

Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;

Omitted, all the voyage of their life

Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

On such a full sea are we now afloat,

And we must take the current when it serves,

Or lose our ventures."

Brutus telling Cassius that they must act immediately

Act 4, Scene 3, lines 218-224

Answer 5

Veni, Vidi, Vici.

I came, I saw, I conquered.