- The Roman General and Dictator Julius Caesar made many famous remarks.
FAMOUS QUOTES BY JULIUS CAESAR
- Veni, Vidi, Vici
- ‘I came, I saw, I conquered’: (47 BCE)
- Julius Caesar’s written report on his war with Pharnaces II of Pontus in 47 BCE. Suetonius: Julius 37.
- Alea Jacta Est
- ‘The Die has been cast’: (10 January 49 BC)
- Julius Caesar’s comment made as he was Crossing the Rubicon with his Legio XIII Gemina to take Rome, starting the Great Roman Civil War.
- ‘Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt’
- ‘Men readily believe what they wish’:
- Julius Caesar ‘De Bello Gallico’ Book III Chap. 18.
- ‘Galia est Pacata’
- ‘Gaul is subdued’: (52 BCE)
- Julius Caesar’s written report to the Roman Senate after his victory over Vercingetorix.
- ‘Nam si violandum est jus, regnandi gratia violandum est: aliis rebus pietatem colas’
- ‘If you must break the Law, do it to seize power. In all other cases obey it.’
- ‘Sed fortuna, quae plurimum potest cum in reliquis rebus tum praecipue in bello, parvis momentis magnas rerum commutationes efficit: ut tum accidit’
- ‘Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other affairs but particularly in War, can produce large changes with very small forces.’
OTHER FAMOUS QUOTES
- Beware the Ides of March from the Play ‘Julius Caesar’ by William Shakespeare.
- It was a warning from the Roman Soothsayer, the Haruspex Spurinna, to Julius Caesar about his impending assassination. William Shakespeare’s source was Plutarch.
- Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things which are God's.
- From the Gospel of St. Mark 12:17. This was the reply made by Jesus of Nazareth to his Accusers.