lt;lt;Julius Caesargt;gt;Act 1, Scene 2, Cassius said when he instigated Brutus to assassinate Caesar.

Translation:

Cassius Hey, man, he spans this narrow world like a giant; we little mortals walk one by one under his huge legs , looking around, looking for an ignominious grave for myself. Men sometimes have control over their own destinies; if we are subject to them, dear Brutus, the fault lies not with our destinies, but with ourselves. Brutus and Caesar; what's so big about the name "Caesar"? Why do people mention it but not Brutus? Write those two names together, your name is no more ugly than his. When you put it on your mouth and read it, it is just as smooth; when you weigh it, they are the same weight; if you use them to call gods and ghosts, "Bo "Lutos" can move ghosts just as well as "Caesar" can. With all the names of the gods, what kind of delicacies did our Caesar eat to become so great? Shameful times! Rome, your noble lineage is broken! What age has not produced you more famous men than one since the flood? Until now, when have people talked about Rome and been able to say that within her vast walls, there is only one person's world? If Rome were monopolized by one person, it would truly become a no-man's land. ah! You and I have heard our fathers say that once upon a time there was a Brutus in Rome who did not want his country to be ruled by a monarch any more than he would have it ruled by an eternal demon.

Original text: CASSIUS. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world

Like a Colossus, and we petty men

Walk under his huge legs and peep about

To find ourselves dishonorable graves.

Men at some time are masters of their fates:

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,

But in ourselves that we are underlings.

Brutus and Caesar: what should be in that "Caesar"?

Why should that name be sounded more than yours?

Write them together, yours is as fair a name;

Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well;

Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em,

"Brutus" will start a spirit as soon as "Caesar."

Now, in the names of all the gods at once,

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Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed

That he is grown so great? Age, thou art shamed!

Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods !

When went there by an age since the great flood

But it was famous with more than with one man?

When could they say till now that talk'd of Rome

That her wide walls encompass'd but one man?

Now is it Rome indeed, and room enough,

When there is in it but one only man.

O, you and I have heard our fathers say

There was a Brutus once that would have brooked

The eternal devil to keep his state in Rome

As easily as a king.