He sees Brutus among them, too, and questions whether it is Brutus, then says that his death is then predestined. The conspirators attack Caesar when he is coming out. Therefore, he does not care about these things. He says that a coward dies many times but a valiant person dies only once. However, Caesar merely terms it a coward’s act to stay alarmed. The valiant never taste of death but once.”Ĭaesar speaks these lines in response to Calpurnia, his wife, who tells him that he should not ignore warnings to his life, including her dream. “Cowards die many times before their deaths He means that Caesar has become arrogant since becoming Emperor. Therefore, when a person achieves a position, he does not look downward. He thinks that humility makes a person compassionate but when a person becomes an authority or wins a good position, he becomes less humble. Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degreesīrutus, a confidante of Caesar, speaks these lines to give a raison d’être (justification for existence) to his joining the conspirators. Whereto the climber-upward turns his face īut when he once attains the upmost round. That lowliness is young ambition’s ladder, Hence, this phrase has become popular for use when a person does not understand the other person. In other words, he means that everything to him was as if spoken in some foreign language. One another and shook their heads but, for mine ownĬasca speaks these lines to Cassius after Cassius asks him about Cicero he responds that although other people understood and smiled, he could not understand anything. “Nay, and I tell you that, Ill ne’er look you i’ theįace again: but those that understood him smiled at

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