Julius Caesar Quotes
By Alan Reiner – July 19, 2024
‘It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.’ – Julius Caesar
‘Experience is the teacher of all things.’ – Julius Caesar
‘I came, I saw, I conquered.’ – Julius Caesar
‘If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.’ – Julius Caesar
‘Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.’ – Julius Caesar
‘I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.’ – Julius Caesar
‘I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.’ – Julius Caesar
‘It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.’ – Julius Caesar
‘What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.’ – Julius Caesar
‘It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.’ – Julius Caesar
‘The die is cast.’ – Julius Caesar
‘No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.’ – Julius Caesar
‘I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.’ – Julius Caesar
‘Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.’ – Julius Caesar
‘As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can.’ – Julius Caesar
‘Which death is preferably to every other? ‘The unexpected’.’ – Julius Caesar
‘I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.’ – Julius Caesar
‘Men willingly believe what they wish.’ – Julius Caesar
‘It was the wont of the immortal gods sometimes to grant prosperity and long impunity to men whose crimes they were minded to punish in order that a complete reverse of fortune might make them suffer more bitterly.’ – Julius Caesar
‘I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments.’ – Julius Caesar
‘Men freely believe that which they desire.’ – Julius Caesar
‘In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.’ – Julius Caesar
‘I have always reckoned the dignity of the republic of first importance and preferable to life.’ – Julius Caesar
‘Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.’ – Julius Caesar
‘Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.’ – Julius Caesar
‘Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.’ – Julius Caesar
‘During a few days’ halt near Vesontio for the provision of corn and other supplies, a panic arose from inquiries made by our troops and remarks uttered by Gauls and traders, who affirmed that the Germans were men of a mighty frame and an incredible valour and skill at arms.’ – Julius Caesar