The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (89 page)
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Authors: Elizabeth Knowles
1895–
Picture you upon my knee,
Just tea for two and two for tea.
"Tea for Two" (1925 song)
100
bc
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.Gaul as a whole is divided into three parts.
De Bello Gallico
bk. 1, sect. 1
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.
divorcing his wife Pompeia after unfounded allegations were made against her
oral tradition, based on Plutarch
Parallel Lives
"Julius Caesar" ch. 10, sect. 9
Caesar had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.
Francis Bacon
The Advancement of Learning
pt. 2, ch. 23, sect. 36; based on Plutarch
Iacta alea est.The die is cast.
at the crossing of the Rubicon, the boundary beyond which he was forbidden to lead his army
Suetonius
Lives of the Caesars
"Divus Julius" sect. 32; originally spoken in Greek, Plutarch
Parallel Lives
"Pompey" ch. 60, sect. 2
Veni, vidi, vici.I came, I saw, I conquered.
inscription displayed in Caesar's Pontic triumph, according to Suetonius
Lives of the Caesars
"Divus Julius" sect. 37; or, according to Plutarch
Parallel Lives
"Julius Caesar" ch. 50, sect. 2, written in a letter by Caesar, announcing the victory of Zela which concluded the Pontic campaign
Et tu, Brute?You too, Brutus?
traditional rendering of Suetonius
1912–
I have nothing to say
and I am saying it and that is
poetry.
"Lecture on nothing" (1961)
(
Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus
)
ad
12–41
Would that the Roman people had but one neck!
Suetonius
Lives of the Caesars
"Gaius Caligula" sect. 30
Strike him so that he can feel that he is dying.
Suetonius
Lives of the Caesars
"Gaius Caligula" sect. 30