Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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And swim to yonder point?" Upon the word,

Accoutred as I was, I plunged in

And bade him follow.

Julius Cæsar. Act i. Sc. 2.

Help me, Cassius, or I sink!

Julius Cæsar. Act i. Sc. 2.

Ye gods, it doth amaze me

A man of such a feeble temper should

So get the start of the majestic world

And bear the palm alone.