As quoted in "Marcus Brutus" in Lives by Plutarch, as translated by John Dryden
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Your councils be long, your doings be slow, consider the end.
— Marcus Junius Brutus
What It Means
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About Marcus Junius Brutus
Marcus Junius Brutus Caepio (85 BC – 42 BC), or simply Brutus, was a Roman senator of the late Roman Republic. He was one of Julius Caesar's assassins.
About Marcus Junius Brutus
Marcus Junius Brutus Caepio (85 BC – 42 BC), or simply Brutus, was a Roman senator of the late Roman Republic. He was one of Julius Caesar's assassins.
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