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66 Memorable Quotes By Julius Caesar

Famous As: Roman General and Statesman
Born On: 100
Died On: March 15, 44
Born In: Rome, Italy
Died At Age: -57

Roman politician and historian, Julius Caesar is credited for Latin prose. His contribution to history is unmatched. A highly intelligent man, he firmly believed in the power of brains over body. His intelligence helped him to rise to the top of political hierarchy in a relatively short span of time. His valour and battle skills was admired by the Romans, which eventually led him to become a dictator of the nation. Policies formed by Caesar are used till date. We have picked some of his most famous quotes from his speeches and writing that are relevant even today. Here some of his most powerful quotes on power, principles, pride, men, friendship, war, and revenge.

Which death is preferably to every other? 'The unexpected'.

Which death is preferably to every other? 'The unexpected'.

Julius Caesar
Go on, my friend, and fear nothing; you carry Caesar and his fortune in your boat.

Go on, my friend, and fear nothing; you carry Caesar and his fortune in your boat.

Julius Caesar
All Gaul is divided into three parts.

All Gaul is divided into three parts.

Julius Caesar
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look

Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look

Julius Caesar
In war trivial causes produce momentous events.

In war trivial causes produce momentous events.

Julius Caesar
Men willingly believe when they want to.

Men willingly believe when they want to.

Julius Caesar
Men gladly believe what they wish. -Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt

Men gladly believe what they wish. -Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt

Julius Caesar
I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected. Common traditional saying: Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected. Common traditional saying: Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

Julius Caesar
People readily believe what they want to believe.

People readily believe what they want to believe.

Julius Caesar
In war, important events result from trivial causes.

In war, important events result from trivial causes.

Julius Caesar
I would rather be the first man in a barbarian village than the second man in Rome.

I would rather be the first man in a barbarian village than the second man in Rome.

Julius Caesar
The things that we want we willingly believe, and the things that we think we expect everyone else to think.

The things that we want we willingly believe, and the things that we think we expect everyone else to think.

Julius Caesar
I believe that the members of my family must be as free from suspicion as from actual crime.

I believe that the members of my family must be as free from suspicion as from actual crime.

Julius Caesar
To win by strategy is no less the role of a general than to win by arms.

To win by strategy is no less the role of a general than to win by arms.

Julius Caesar
Every woman's man, and every man's woman.

Every woman's man, and every man's woman.

Julius Caesar
Our men must win or die. Pompey's men have... other options.

Our men must win or die. Pompey's men have... other options.

Julius Caesar
As a result of a general defect of nature, we are either more confident or more fearful of unusual and unknown things.

As a result of a general defect of nature, we are either more confident or more fearful of unusual and unknown things.

Julius Caesar
Beer ... a high and mighty liquor.

Beer ... a high and mighty liquor.

Julius Caesar
Wine and other luxuries have a tendency to enervate the mind and make men less brave in battle.

Wine and other luxuries have a tendency to enervate the mind and make men less brave in battle.

Julius Caesar
Avoid an unusual and unfamiliar word just as you would a reef.

Avoid an unusual and unfamiliar word just as you would a reef.

Julius Caesar
Set honor in one eye and death in th' other, and I will look on both indifferently. I love then name of honor more than I fear death.

Set honor in one eye and death in th' other, and I will look on both indifferently. I love then name of honor more than I fear death.

Julius Caesar
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

Julius Caesar
I am going to Spain to fight an army without a general, and thence to the East to fight a general without an army.

I am going to Spain to fight an army without a general, and thence to the East to fight a general without an army.

Julius Caesar
It's only hubris if I fail.

It's only hubris if I fail.

Julius Caesar
It is the right of war for conquerors to treat those whom they have conquered according to their pleasure.

It is the right of war for conquerors to treat those whom they have conquered according to their pleasure.

Julius Caesar
Arms and laws do not flourish together.

Arms and laws do not flourish together.

Julius Caesar
No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance.

No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance.

Julius Caesar
The Celts were fearless warriors because they wish to inculcate this as one of their leading tenets, that souls do not become extinct, but pass after death from one body to another.

The Celts were fearless warriors because they wish to inculcate this as one of their leading tenets, that souls do not become extinct, but pass after death from one body to another.

Julius Caesar
The die has been cast.

The die has been cast.

Julius Caesar
Men's minds tend to fear more keenly those things that are absent.

Men's minds tend to fear more keenly those things that are absent.

Julius Caesar