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Gaius Julius Caesar[a] (/ˈsiːzər/; 12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), known by his cognomen Julius Caesar, was a Roman politician and military general who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. He is also known as a notable author of Latin prose.

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It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension.

Apprehension, Perpetual, Suffer, Suffering

He conquers twice, who shows mercy to the conquered.

Conquer, Conquered, Conquers, Mercy, Show Me

Fate, dear Brutus, lies not with the stars but within ourselves.

Brutus, Fate, Lies, Lying, Stars

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

Obscurity, Reef, Reefs, Unusual, Word

Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed-men, and such as sleep o'nights; Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; he thinks too much; such men are dangerous.

Funny, Men, Sleep, Thinking, Thinks

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

Believe, Clever, Life, Quick, True, Wish

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.

Eye, Fear, Honor, Love, Names

We have not to fear anything, except fear itself.

Except, Fear

All Gaul is divided into three parts.

Divided, Gaul, Latin, Rome, Three

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

Assistance, Charming, Ears, Friends, Requests, Want

Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

Caesar'S Wife, Suspicion, Wife

Many of you wished me dead. Many of you perhaps still do. But I hold no grudges and seek no revenge. I demand only this. . . that you join with me in building a new Rome, a Rome that offers justice, peace and land to all its citizens, not just the privileged few. Support me in this task, and old divisions will be forgotten. Oppose me, and Rome will not forgive you a second time. Senators, the war is over.

Hold, Offers, Revenge, Rome, Seek, War

All Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, those who in their own language are called Celts, in ours Gauls, the third.

Belgae, Celts, Divided, Language, Parts, Three

Men freely believe that which they desire.

Believe, Freely, Men, Religion

I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected.

My Wife, Suspected, Wife, Wished

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

Die, History, Men, Options, Winning

It is the custom of the immortal gods to grant temporary prosperity and a fairly long period of impunity to those whom they plan to punish for their crimes, so that they may feel it all the more keenly as a result of the change in their fortunes.

Fairly, Impunity, Keenly, Long, May, Punishment

People readily believe what they want to believe.

Believe, Life, People, Readily

Experience is the teacher of all things.

Experience, Life, Teacher, Things

And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind is closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and do it gladly so.

Citizenry, Hate, Leader, Offer, Rights, War

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