If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.
Julius CaesarRead
As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.
Interpretation
What this quote means
People often worry more about the unknown than the known aspects of life.
This quote by Julius Caesar highlights a common human tendency to be anxious about uncertainties rather than the realities we are already aware of. It suggests that fear of the unknown can lead to unnecessary worry, and that focusing on what we can see and understand might help alleviate those concerns.
Themes
WorryFearUnknownAnxietyLife
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about overcoming fears, one might use this quote to encourage people to face their uncertainties.
More from Julius Caesar
All quotes βWar gives the right to the conquerors to impose any condition they please upon the vanquished.
Julius CaesarRead
I have always reckoned the dignity of the republic of first importance and preferable to life.
Julius CaesarRead
All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures.
Julius CaesarRead
No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.
Julius CaesarRead
What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.
Julius CaesarRead
Similar quotes
There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur, which is meanness; a false virtue, which is hypocrisy, and a false wisdom, which is prudery.
Jean De La BruyereRead
Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.
M. Scott PeckRead
It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.
Zora Neale HurstonRead
The greatest tragedy to befall a person is to have sight but lack vision.
Helen KellerRead
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
Oswald ChambersRead
I had always known that I couldn't play Dr. King purely out of my own ability as an actor. When you look at him give those speeches, you can tell that he is taken up by something other than himself. He is flowing with an anointing that is directly from God.
David OyelowoRead