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Quotation from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
“His life was gentle, and the elements So mix’d in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, “This was a man”
Julius Caesar, Act 5, Scene 5 (Project Gutenberg #1522, modern spelling)
Antony's closing tribute names Brutus's balanced temperament in the terms of Renaissance humoral psychology.
Citation: "His life was gentle, and the elements So mix’d in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, “This was a man" — William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 5, Scene 5 (Project Gutenberg #1522, modern spelling). (id julius-caesar-q13)
Portrait: Within the Tent of Brutus: Enter the Ghost of Caesar, Julius Caesar, Act IV, Scene III, Edwin Austin Abbey, Public domain.
