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Quotation from Mark Antony's Funeral Oration ("Friends, Romans, countrymen") by William Shakespeare

“For Brutus is an honourable man, So are they all, all honourable men,”

William Shakespeare (spoken by Mark Antony)

Mark Antony's Funeral Oration ("Friends, Romans, countrymen"), Act 3, Scene 2 (opening of the oration) (Project Gutenberg #1522, modern spelling)

Portrait of William Shakespeare

The first sounding of the refrain that Antony turns into an accusation by repetition.

Citation: "For Brutus is an honourable man, So are they all, all honourable men," — William Shakespeare, Mark Antony's Funeral Oration ("Friends, Romans, countrymen"), Act 3, Scene 2 (opening of the oration) (Project Gutenberg #1522, modern spelling). (id friends-romans-countrymen-q2)

Portrait: Marc Antony's Oration at Caesar's Funeral by George Edward Robertson, George Edward Robertson b. 1864, Public domain.

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