When beggars die, there are no comets seen; the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
 William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (1623). copy citation

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Author William Shakespeare
Source Julius Caesar
Topic death honor status
Date 1623
Language English
Reference
Note Written in 1599
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Context

“These things are beyond all use,
And I do fear them. CAESAR. What can be avoided
Whose end is purposed by the mighty gods? Yet Caesar shall go forth, for these predictions Are to the world in general as to Caesar. CALPURNIA. When beggars die, there are no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes. CAESAR. Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear” source

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