...Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd 20 More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, 25 Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest...

...Brutus, is not in our stars. But in ourselves, that we are underlings. (I, ii) 44 But 'tis a common proof ood fountain, a good well-head, Would blur no whisper,...(1. 11-13) 49 It is somebody wants to do us harm. By which he did ascend. (II, i) 45 When beggars die there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves...

...Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, 3 3 3 By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear...

...descending on it' (Genesis 28:12). Shakespeare speaks of the ladder of ambition: Tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend (Julius Caesar, act 2, scene. 1, 1. 21.) The Egyptians often buried their dead...

...argument. This species of sophistry happens twice in this opening speech: . . . But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. (ni21-y) The implication is clear. Caesar, despite all appearances to the contrary,...

...might change his nature, there's the question. It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, . . . But when he once attains the upmost round, He then...back. Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no...

...Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no...

...ambizione, alla quale chi sale Dirige il viso. Ma quando raggiunge But when he once attains the upmosi round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear...

...of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may. Then, lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear...

...from the soliloquy of Brutus just after he has pledged himself to the conspiracy: "Tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.' Here we have a full, rounded period in which all the elements seem to have...