Quotes
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[while waiting for Caesar to arrive in the Senate]
Marcus Junius Brutus : Dear me. I've never seen so many long faces.
Marcus Tullius Cicero : It is customary to be sad at a funeral.
Marcus Junius Brutus : Well, the Republic is old and infirm. Death can be a merciful release in such cases.
Marcus Tullius Cicero : You do not mean that. You don't believe that. You of all people shouldn't lay jokes about tyranny.
Marcus Junius Brutus : Oh, I am deadly serious. It is in all our interests to be reconciled with Caesar now, for the good of Rome.
Marcus Tullius Cicero : The good of Rome, indeed. As soon as this... farce is done, I shall retire to the country and wait for the city to come to its senses. It is the only honorable thing to do.
Marcus Junius Brutus : My dear friend, we have no honor. If we had honor, we would be with Cato and Scipio in the afterlife.
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Marcus Junius Brutus : Still here? I thought you were retiring to the country as a point of honor.
Marcus Tullius Cicero : You do right to mock me. You make me feel small.
Marcus Junius Brutus : A joke, old man, a joke. I'm always happy for your company.
Marcus Tullius Cicero : So, why didn't you tell me beforehand? I could've been of assistance, perhaps.
Marcus Junius Brutus : What are you talking about?
[Cicero thrusts a parchment into his hands]
Marcus Tullius Cicero : Everyone is reading it! I saw some temple prostitutes with a copy.
Marcus Junius Brutus : [reading] "A Call to Virtue."
Marcus Tullius Cicero : The writing is adequate, which is something we should talk about, but the sentiments are full of grace and bravery.
Marcus Junius Brutus : "Sons of the Republic, the blood of our forefathers calls you to honor the memory and emulate the deeds of... Porcius Cato, the last true Roman." Who wrote this?
Marcus Tullius Cicero : You did.
[he turns the page over and points]
Marcus Junius Brutus : Gods beneath us.