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Quotation from Mark Antony's Funeral Oration ("Friends, Romans, countrymen") by William Shakespeare
“When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:”
Mark Antony's Funeral Oration ("Friends, Romans, countrymen"), Act 3, Scene 2 (first speech) (Project Gutenberg #1522, modern spelling)
Antony answers the charge of ambition with an example of Caesar's compassion.
Citation: "When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:" — William Shakespeare, Mark Antony's Funeral Oration ("Friends, Romans, countrymen"), Act 3, Scene 2 (first speech) (Project Gutenberg #1522, modern spelling). (id friends-romans-countrymen-q3)
Portrait: Marc Antony's Oration at Caesar's Funeral by George Edward Robertson, George Edward Robertson b. 1864, Public domain.
