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

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Julius Cæsar. Act ii. Sc. 2.

When beggars die, there are no comets seen;

The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.

Julius Cæsar. Act ii. Sc. 2.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;

The valiant never taste of death but once.

Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,

It seems to me most strange that men should fear;

Seeing that death, a necessary end,

Will come when it will come.