"I would rather be the first man in……" — Julius Caesar
"I would rather be the first man in a barbarian village than the second man in Rome."
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54 Quotes by Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar has 54 quotes on this site.
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It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure…
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Experience is the teacher of all things.
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It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.
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I came, I saw, I conquered.
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Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.
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As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.
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No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.
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I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.
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If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.
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What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.
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Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.
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It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.
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More Barbarian Quotes
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one of 66 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend.
— Jack Abramoff
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Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other…
— Alexander the Great
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...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio…
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
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The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on…
— John Shelby Spong
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Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his…
— Lord Acton
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It's a curious thing, this thing we call civilization...we think it is an affair of epochs, and nations. It's really…
— William Dean Howells
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There's no god. He who created god was a fool; he who spreads his name is a scoundrel and he…
— Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
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There is no god, there is no god, there is no god at all. He who invented god is a…
— Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
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The idea of imposing universal peace on the world by force is a barbarian fantasy.
— Garet Garrett
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In less than a century after the barbarian nations settled in their new conquests, almost all the effects of the…
— Unknown Author
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Every virile people has established colonial power. All great nations in the fullness of their strength have desired to set…
— Heinrich von Treitschke
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The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is…
— William Gilmore Simms
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