“ My heart laments that virtue cannot live Out of the teeth of emulation. If thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayest live; If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive. ”
William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (1623). copy citation
| Author | William Shakespeare |
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| Source | Julius Caesar |
| Topic | virtue reading |
| Date | 1623 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Written in 1599 |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1120/pg1120-images.html |
Context
“If thou beest not immortal, look about you. Security gives way to conspiracy. The mighty gods defend thee! Thy lover, Artemidorus." Here will I stand till Caesar pass along, And as a suitor will I give him this. My heart laments that virtue cannot live Out of the teeth of emulation. If thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayest live; If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive. Exit.
SCENE IV. Another part of the same street, before the house of Brutus. Enter Portia and Lucius.
PORTIA. I prithee, boy, run to the Senate House; Stay not to answer me, but get thee gone. Why dost thou stay?” source
SCENE IV. Another part of the same street, before the house of Brutus. Enter Portia and Lucius.
PORTIA. I prithee, boy, run to the Senate House; Stay not to answer me, but get thee gone. Why dost thou stay?” source
