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Quotation from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
“Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream”
Julius Caesar, Act 2, Scene 1 (Project Gutenberg #1522, modern spelling)
Sleepless since Cassius first stirred him, Brutus describes the inner turmoil of a man resolved on a terrible deed.
Citation: "Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream" — William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 2, Scene 1 (Project Gutenberg #1522, modern spelling). (id julius-caesar-q5)
Portrait: Within the Tent of Brutus: Enter the Ghost of Caesar, Julius Caesar, Act IV, Scene III, Edwin Austin Abbey, Public domain.
