Great Throughts Treasury

"Men freely believe that which they desire."

"I came, I saw, I conquered. "

"Cowards die many times before their actual deaths."

"Experience is the teacher of all things. "

"Nearly always people believe willingly that which they wish."

"All Gaul is divided into three parts"

"And you, son? [Caesar's last words, spoken to Marcus Junius Brutus]"

"As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can."

"Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces."

"Caesar's wife must be above suspicion."

"Gaul is subdued."

"I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome."

"I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments."

"It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking."

"Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish."

"I love the name of honor, more than I fear death."

"I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory."

"I assure you I had rather be the first man here than the second man in Rome."

"In extreme danger fear feels no pity."

"If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it."

"In war events of importance are the result of trivial causes."

"It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life."

"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience."

"Men willingly believe what they wish to be true."

"Of all these, the Belgae are the bravest/strongest ."

"Men willingly believe what they wish."

"The die is cast."

"Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true."

"Wine and other luxuries have a tendency to enervate the mind and make men less brave in battle."

"Which death is preferably to every other? 'The unexpected'."

"What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also."

"No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected."