"Let the die be cast! [Greek: Ἀνερρίφθω κύβος;……" — Julius Caesar
"Let the die be cast! [Greek: Ἀνερρίφθω κύβος; contemporary Latin (mis)translation: Iacta alea est!]"
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54 Quotes by Julius Caesar
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- Experience is the teacher of all things.
- It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.
- I came, I saw, I conquered.
- Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.
- As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.
- No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.
- I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.
- If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.
- What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.
- Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.
- It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.
More Alea Quotes
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- Alea iacta est (The die is cast) — Suetonius