Antony's Speech (Julius Caesar)

Friends, [blank_start]Romans[blank_end], countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest– For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men– Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him? O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.

Friends, [blank_start]Romans[blank_end], countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to [blank_start]bury[blank_end] Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do [blank_start]lives[blank_end] after [blank_start]them;[blank_end] The good is oft interred with [blank_start]their[blank_end] bones; So let it be with Caesar. The noble [blank_start]Brutus[blank_end] Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a [blank_start]grievous[blank_end] fault, And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest– For Brutus is an [blank_start]honourable[blank_end] man; So are they all, all honourable men– Come I to speak in Caesar’s [blank_start]funeral.[blank_end] He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was [blank_start]ambitious;[blank_end] And Brutus is an honourable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome Whose ransoms did the general coffers [blank_start]fill:[blank_end] Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner [blank_start]stuff[blank_end]: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an [blank_start]honourable[blank_end] man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly [blank_start]crown[blank_end], Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was [blank_start]ambitious;[blank_end] And, sure, he is an honourable man. I [blank_start]speak[blank_end] not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then, to [blank_start]mourn[blank_end] for him? O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their [blank_start]reason.[blank_end] Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must [blank_start]pause[blank_end] till it come back to me.

Friends, [blank_start]Romans,[blank_end] [blank_start]countrymen[blank_end], [blank_start]lend[blank_end] [blank_start]me[blank_end] [blank_start]your[blank_end] [blank_start]ears[blank_end]; I come to [blank_start]bury[blank_end] [blank_start]Caesar[blank_end], not to praise him. The evil that men do [blank_start]lives[blank_end] [blank_start]after[blank_end] them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar. The [blank_start]noble[blank_end] Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a [blank_start]grievous[blank_end] [blank_start]fault,[blank_end] And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest– For Brutus is an [blank_start]honourable[blank_end] [blank_start]man[blank_end]; So are they all, all [blank_start]honourable[blank_end] men– Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. He was my [blank_start]friend,[blank_end] faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was [blank_start]ambitious;[blank_end] And Brutus is an [blank_start]honourable[blank_end] man. He hath brought many [blank_start]captives[blank_end] [blank_start]home[blank_end] to Rome Whose ransoms did the general [blank_start]coffers[blank_end] [blank_start]fill:[blank_end] Did this in Caesar seem [blank_start]ambitious[blank_end]? When that the poor have cried, [blank_start]Caesar[blank_end] hath [blank_start]wept[blank_end]: [blank_start]Ambition[blank_end] should be made of [blank_start]sterner[blank_end] stuff: Yet Brutus [blank_start]says[blank_end] he was [blank_start]ambitious[blank_end]; And Brutus is an [blank_start]honourable[blank_end] [blank_start]man[blank_end]. You all did see that on the [blank_start]Lupercal[blank_end] I thrice [blank_start]presented[blank_end] him a [blank_start]kingly[blank_end] crown, Which he did thrice [blank_start]refuse[blank_end]: was this [blank_start]ambition[blank_end]? Yet [blank_start]Brutus[blank_end] says he was [blank_start]ambitious[blank_end]; And, [blank_start]sure[blank_end], he is an [blank_start]honourable[blank_end] man. I speak not to [blank_start]disprove[blank_end] what Brutus spoke, But [blank_start]here[blank_end] I am to speak what I do [blank_start]know[blank_end]. You all did [blank_start]love[blank_end] him once, not without cause: What cause [blank_start]withholds[blank_end] you then, to [blank_start]mourn[blank_end] for him? O [blank_start]judgment[blank_end]! thou art fled to [blank_start]brutish[blank_end] beasts, And men have lost their [blank_start]reason[blank_end]. Bear with me; My [blank_start]heart[blank_end] is in the [blank_start]coffin[blank_end] there with Caesar, And I must [blank_start]pause[blank_end] till it [blank_start]come[blank_end] [blank_start]back[blank_end] to [blank_start]me[blank_end].