{"id":70816,"date":"2020-06-29T08:41:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T06:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/roman-art-and-culture\/golden-thoughts-of-romans\/quotes-of-julius-caesar\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T16:49:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:49:00","slug":"quotes-of-julius-caesar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/golden-thoughts-of-romans\/quotes-of-julius-caesar\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes of Julius Caesar"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ramka_ze_zdjeciem float-right \"\n         style=\"\">\n\n        <div class=\"zdjecie\">\n            <img\n                class=\"ramka-ze-zdjeciem\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/juliusz-cezar.jpg\"\n                                alt=\"Gaius Iulius Caesar\"\n                width=\"250\"\n                height=\"184\"\n               \n               \n            \/>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/juliusz-cezar.jpg\"\n               rel=\"fancybox\"\n               title=\"Gaius Iulius Caesar\">\n                <div class=\"iover\">\n                    <div class=\"zicon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"opis\">\n                                Gaius Iulius Caesar            <\/div>\n        \n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/gaius-julius-caesar\/\">Gaius Julius Caesar<\/a> (100 \u2013 44 BCE) was a politician, general, dictator and writer. One of the members of the Populares, related to <b>Cinna<\/b> and <a title=\"Gaius Marius\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/biografie\/gajusz-mariusz\/\"><b>Marius<\/b><\/a>. After their death, he held successively the offices of quaestor, aedile, praetor, consul and dictator. He gained fame thanks to his exile in Gaul and thanks to the help of his soldiers he managed to overcome the opposition, focused on the Senate and <a title=\"Pompey the Great\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/gnaeus-pompeius-magnus\/\"><b>Pompey<\/b><\/a>, and then, after many years of fighting, take over the full power in Rome. Murdered during the Ides of March by senators led by <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/artykul\/et-tu-brute-contra-me-czyli-o-programie-politycznym-marka-juniusza-brutusa\/marek-juniusz-brutus\/\"><b>Marcus Brutus<\/b><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/biografie\/gajusz-kasjusz-longinus\/\"><b>Gaius Cassius<\/b><\/a>. Before his death, he adopted <a title=\"Octavian August\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/augustus\/\"><b>Gaius Octavian<\/b><\/a>, designating him as his heir.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"cyt\">\n<li>&#8220;It is not the custom of the Roman people to discuss terms with an enemy under arms&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Non esse consuetudinem populi Romani accipere ab hoste armato condicionem: ]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Gaius Julius Caesar,<em>Commentarii de bello Gallico<\/em>, 5.41<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;As a general rule, it is unseen terrors which have the most powerful effect on men&#8217;s minds&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Omnia enim plerumque quae absunt vehementius hominum mentes perturbant]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Gaius Julius Caesar, <em>Commentarii de bello Gallico<\/em>, VII.84<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Do you not think it is matter for sorrow that while Alexander, at my age, was already king of so many peoples, I have as yet achieved no brilliant success?&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: written in Greek.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Plutarch, <em>Caesar<\/em>, 11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Gaul is a whole divided into three parts&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Gaius Julius Caesar, <em>Commentarii de bello Gallico<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Even you, Brutus?&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: those words are Shakespeare&#8217;s invention. In fact, he was supposed to say, &#8220;You too, child?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Et tu, Brute?]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: William Shakespeare, <em>Julius Caesar<\/em>, III, 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The die has been cast&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Alea iacta est]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: Menander&#8217;s poem allegedly repeated by Caesar when crossing the Rubicon. Caesar was to say these words in Greek.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Suetonius, <em>Julius Caesar, 32<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Robberies which are committed beyond the boundaries of each state bear no infamy, and they avow that these are committed for the purpose of disciplining their youth and of preventing sloth&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Latrocinia nullam habent infamiam, quae extra fines cuiusque civitatis fiunt, atque ea iuventutis exercendae ac desidiae minuendae causa fieri praedicant]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: about Germans, emphasizing their bad nature.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Julius Caesar, <em>Commentarii de Bello Gallico, VI.23<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I have you, Africa&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Teneo te, Africa]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: Caesar&#8217;s words as he rolled over in front of his soldiers as he stepped off the ship off the coast of Africa.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Suetonius, <em>Life of Julius Caesar<\/em>, 59<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;My wife should be as much free from suspicion of a crime as she is from a crime itself&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Quoniam meos tam suspicione quam crimine iudico carere oportere]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: in this way, Julius Caesar justified the dismissal of his wife, Pompeia. Caesar believed that she was compromised by Publius Clodius, who in disguise got to her house on the day of the Good Goddess, reserved only for women. Used also in form: &#8220;Because my family should not only be free from guilt, but even from the suspicion of it&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Suetonius, <em>Life of Julius Caesar<\/em>, 74<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I am not much in fear of these fat, long-haired fellows, but rather of those pale, thin ones&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: about Cassius and Brutus plotting against him. Written in Greek.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Plutarch, <em>Caesar<\/em>, 62<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;From a common infirmity of human nature, that we are more flushed with confidence, or more vehemently alarmed at things unseen, concealed, and unknown, as was the case then&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Communi fit vitio naturae, ut invistatis atque incognitis magis confidamus vehementiusque exterreamur]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Gaius Julius Caesar, <em>Commentarii belli civilis<\/em> II, 2.4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I came; I saw; I conquered&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Veni, vidi, vici!]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: during his triumph over Pontus, he had an inscription bearing these words carried before him. In this way, Caesar referred to his rapid victory over the king of Pontus Farnaces at Zela.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Suetonius, <em>Caesar<\/em> 37<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: no reliable source.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Quae volumus, ea credimus libenter, at quae sentimus ipsi, reliquos sentire speramus]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Gaius Julius Caesar, <em>Commentarii belli civilis<\/em> II, 27.2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;You carry Caesar and Caesar&#8217;s fortune&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: words to captain of the boat.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Plutarch, <em>Caesar<\/em> 38, 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I would rather be the first man here than the second man in Rome&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: about a small Alpine town. Written in Greek.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Plutarch, <em>Caesar<\/em>, 11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I love treason but hate a traitor&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: written in Greek.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Plutarch, <em>Romulus<\/em>, 17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaius Julius Caesar (100 \u2013 44 BCE) was a politician, general, dictator and writer. One of the members of the Populares, related to Cinna and Marius. After their death, he held successively the offices of quaestor, aedile, praetor, consul and dictator. 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