QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Julius Caesar ACT/SCENE: 3.1 SPEAKER: Caesar CONTEXT: CAESAR
I could be well moved if I were as you.
If I could pray to move, prayers would move me.
But I am constant as the Northern Star,
Of whose true-fixed and resting quality
There is no fellow in the firmament.
The skies are painted with unnumbered sparks.
They are all fire and every one doth shine,
But there’s but one in all doth hold his place.
So in the world. ‘Tis furnished well with men,
And men are flesh and blood, and apprehensive,
Yet in the number I do know but one
That unassailable holds on his rank,
Unshaked of motion. And that I am he
Let me a little show it even in this:
That I was constant Cimber should be banished,
And constant do remain to keep him so. DUTCH: Ware ik aan u gelijk, ik liet mij roeren ;
Mij roerde smeeking, smeekte ikzelf tot roering ;
Doch wank’len is mij vreemd, als aan de noordster,
Wier eeuwig vaste, rustige natuur
Aan ‘t firmament geen wedergade heeft. MORE: Proverb: My own flesh and blood

Be well=Easily be
Pray to move=Try to persuade others to change
Resting=Constant, unchanging
Fellow=Equal
Holds on=Maintains
Unshaked of motion=Immovable
Constant=Firm, resolute
Compleat:
Pray=Verzoeken
To move=Verroeren, gaande maaken; voorstellen
Resting=Verblyving; rustende
Fellow=Gezel, medegezel, maat, vennoot, makker, weergade
To hold on=Aanhouden, volharden
Unshaken=Ongeschud, onbeweegd, onbewoogen
Constant=Standvastig, bestending, gestadig Topics: proverbs and idioms, persuasion, resolution