Cassius I know where I will wear this dagger then; Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius. Therein, ye gods, you make the weak most strong; Therein, ye gods, you tyrants do defeat. Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself. Read more about Act 1, Scene 3: Popup Note Index Item: "you tyrants do defeat"
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Cassius 'Brutus' and 'Caesar' — what should be in that 'Caesar'? Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together, yours is as fair a name. Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well. Weigh them, it is as heavy. Conjure with 'em, 'Brutus' will start a spirit as soon as 'Caesar'. Read more about Act 1, Scene 2: Popup Note Index Item: "start a spirit"
[Enter two tribunes Flavius, Marullus, and several Commoners, including a Carpenter and a Cobbler.] Flavius Hence! Home, you idle creatures get you home: Is this a holiday? What, know you not, Being mechanical, you ought not walk Upon a laboring day without the sign Of your profession? Speak, what trade art thou? Read more about Act 1, Scene 1: Popup Note Index Item: Shakespeare's Opening Lines
