William Shakespeare on Treason
← Back to William Shakespeare ProfileEnglish Translation: "And you, Brutus! Then fall, Caesar!"
Original (Latin): "Et tu Brute! Then fall, Cæsar!"
“Et tu Brute! Then fall, Cæsar!”
Original (Latin): "Et tu Brute! Then fall, Cæsar!"
“Tellest thou me of "ifs"? Thou art a traitor: Off with his head!”
“Know, my name is lost; By treason's tooth bare-gnawn and canker-bit.”
“Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep; And in his simple show he harbours treason.”
“Some guard these traitors to the block of death; Treason's true bed and yielder up of breath.”
“To say the truth, so Judas kiss'd his master, And cried "all hail!" whereas he meant all harm.”
“Though those that are betray'd Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor Stands in worse case of woe.”
“Treason is but trusted like the fox Who, ne'er so tame, so cherish'd and locked up, Will have a wild trick of his ancestors.”
“I did pluck allegiance from men's hearts, Loud shouts and salutations from their mouths, Even in the presence of the crowned king.”
“The man was noble, But with his last attempt he wiped it out: Destroy'd his country, and his name remains To the ensuing age abhorr'd.”
“Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose, Working so grossly in a natural cause, That admiration did not hoop at them.”