Quote of the Day for 2016-09-02

"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 strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come."

— William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 4 (1599)

Death and the Gravedigger by Carlos Schwabe (1895)

Quote of the Day for 2016-07-24

"Sometimes you don't know if you're Caesar about to cross the Rubicon or Captain Queeg cutting your own tow line."

— Anthony Kennedy (1936-    ) Observing protesters before the announcement of the decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey (June 29, 1992) Quoted by Terry Carter in California Lawyer (August 1992)

Lyndon Johnson listens to a tape sent to him by his son-in-law, Captain Charles Robb, from Vietnam (July 31, 1968) Photograph by Jack Kightlinger

Quote of the Day for 2016-03-16

"The die is cast."

— Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE) While crossing the Rubicon river and thus commencing the Great Roman Civil War. Quoted by Suetonius in The Twelve Caesars, "Julius Caesar," paragraph 32 (121 CE)

Donald Trump announcing his candidacy to the 2016 US presidential election at the Trump Tower in Manhattan (June 16, 2015) Photograph by Brendan McDermid for Reuters

Quote of the Day for 2016-02-28

"Men willingly believe what they wish."

— Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE) Commentarii de Bello Gallico, book III, chapter XVIII

Ted Cruz at the Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C. (October 2011) Photograph by Jeff Malet

Quote of the Day for 2015-12-21

"I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones."

— William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Julius Caesar, act 3, scene 2

Marlon Brando as Marc Antony (1953)