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Brutus, Lines 265-276a
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Act 4,
Scene 2
Lines 265-276a

Brutus performs a speech from Act 4, Scene 2 of myShakespeare's Julius Caesar. 

Brutus

Under your pardon. You must note beside,
That we have tried the utmost of our friends,
Our legions are brim-full, our cause is ripe.
The enemy increaseth every day;
We, at the height, are ready to decline.
There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.