QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Julius Caesar ACT/SCENE: 2.1 SPEAKER: Brutus CONTEXT: CASSIUS
The morning comes upon ’s. We’ll leave you, Brutus.
—And, friends, disperse yourselves. But all remember
What you have said, and show yourselves true Romans.
BRUTUS
Good gentlemen, look fresh and merrily.
Let not our looks put on our purposes,
But bear it as our Roman actors do,
With untired spirits and formal constancy.
And so good morrow to you every one.
BRUTUS
Boy! Lucius!—Fast asleep? It is no matter.
Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.
Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies,
Which busy care draws in the brains of men.
Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. DUTCH: Knaap! Lucius! – Vast in slaap? Nu, ‘t is om ‘t even ;
Geniet den honig-zwaren dauw der sluim’ring;
Uw waan ziet geen gedaanten, geene spooksels,
Die drukke zorg in ‘t brein van mannen wekt;
Dies slaapt gij zoo gezond. MORE: Put on=Show
Bear it=Carry ourselves
Formal=Dignified
Constancy=Firm mind
Figures=Illusions
Compleat:
To put on=Aandoen
To bear=Draagen, verdraagen, voeren
Formal=Gestaltig, vormelyk, naauwgezet, gemaakt
Constancy=Standvastigheid, volharding, bestendigheid
Figure=Voorbeeldsel, afbeeldsel Topics: purpose, appearance, conspiracy, conscience