...Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd 20 More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, 25 Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest...

...Brutus, is not in our stars. But in ourselves, that we are underlings. (I, ii) 44 But 'tis a common proof ood fountain, a good well-head, Would blur no whisper,...(1. 11-13) 49 It is somebody wants to do us harm. (II, i) 45 When beggars die there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death...

...remember, his own career; for oo Lowliness is voung ambition's ladder, JO Whereto the climber — upward turns his face : But, when he once attains the upmost...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. But the readiness with which literary men have ever been willing to persecute their less successful...

...Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, 3 3 3 Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he...

...argument. This species of sophistry happens twice in this opening speech: . . . But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. (ni21-y) The implication is clear. Caesar, despite all appearances to the contrary, has, for years...

...descending on it' (Genesis 28:12). Shakespeare speaks of the ladder of ambition: Tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend (Julius Caesar, act 2, scene. 1, 1. 21.) The Egyptians often buried their dead with amulets of ladders,...

...might change his nature, there's the question. It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, . . . But when he once attains the upmost round, He then...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he is....

...Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he is,...

...of Caesar, I have not known when his affections swayed More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. (II. 1.1 9-27) The most important decision of Brutus's life is shaped by a conditional. Attention to...

...ambizione, alla quale chi sale Dirige il viso. Ma quando raggiunge But when he once attains the upmosi round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he...