I went on-line to look for a favorite quote I thought was Caesar's but came up with Shakespeare's play instead:
I love this quote but somehow I thought the *real* Caesar said something like it when addressing his troops in Gaul.Cas. For ever, and for ever, farewell, Brutus!
If we do meet again, we'll smile indeed;
If not, 'tis true this parting was well made.
Bru. Why, then, lead on. O! that a man
might know
The end of this day's business, ere it come;
But it sufficeth that the day will end,
And then the end is known. Come, ho! away!
- Julius Caesar Act V Scene 1 The Plains of Phillipi
I'm well aware Shakespeare often drew on Plutarch. Is there such a real quote by Great Caesar or is it just a
fig-newton of my imagination ?
Enjoy the Day,
Cathexis