The Ides of March

From Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar.

Brutus. Another general shout?
I do believe that these applause are
For some new honors that are heaped on Caesar.

Cassius. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings...
Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed,
That he is grown so great?...
When went there by an age, since the great flood,
But it was famed with more than with one man?...
When could they say (till now) that talked of Rome,
That her wide walks encompassed but one man?

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

Antony. Fear him not, Caesar, he's not dangerous;
He is a noble Roman, and well given.

Caesar. Would he were fatter!...
He reads much, he is a great observer, and he looks
Quite through the deeds of men...
Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort
As if he mocked himself, and scorned his spirit
That could be moved to smile at anything.
Such men as he be never at heart's ease
Whiles they behold a greater than themselves,
And therefore are they very dangerous...

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Caesar. Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most stange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

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In the letter of Artemidorus. "Caesar, beware of Brutus...If thou beest not immortal, look about you..."

Artemidorus. My heart laments that virtue cannot live
Out of the teeth of emulation.
If thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayest live;
If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive.

Tributes

These are two video tributes dedicated to members of the U.S. Military. The first tribute, "Farewell Marine," is the most moving tribute I have seen. I post these videos because I believe it is our patriotic duty to honor those who sacrifice for us. We should never forget, and never give up.

Farewell Marine


American Gladiator


Semper Fi !