The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
—Julius Caesar, Act ii., Sc. 2.
Brutus. He hath the falling sickness.
Cassius. No, Caesar hath it not; but you and I,
And honest Casca, we have the falling sickness.
—Julius Caesar, Act i., Sc. 2.
Romans now
Have thews and limbs like to their ancestors,
But, woe the while! our fathers’ minds are dead,