CASSIUS. You love me not.
BRUTUS. I do not like your faults.
CASSIUS. A friendly eye could never see such faults.
BRUTUS. A flatterer's would not, though they do appear
As huge as high Olympus.
Following the LRP, I
take a quote from Shakespeare's Caesar that attracts my attention.
It's from the 4th Act and 3rd scene of Julius
Caesar. In that scene, there arises a dispute between Brutus and
Cassius, and a very fierce one.
Brutus accuses Cassius
of dishonesty and corruption, while Cassius denies everything. He
says that in a time like that, “it is not meet that every nice
offense should bear his comment” - you cannot be too strict on
little things like that. Brutus is too idealistic and less practical;
he cannot accept such excuses.
Cassius then says that
a friend should not be so angry upon such a small matter, and that
Brutus should have overlooked it. I like how Brutus answers. Friends
should see faults, flatterers do not.
I agree with that. It
is a friend's duty to look at faults and warn someone of its
consequence. It's better to hear a critic from a friend than a praise
from an enemy – you now which one you should believe. A friend that
is so passive and just stay still while seeing his friend making
wrong decision is not a true friend.
That's all from me, and
I'm waiting for your participation. What's the best quote you've got
this week?
- Give the context of the quote
- Give your opinion whether you agree or disagree with it
- Share your experience related to the quote
- Share similar quotes you remember
- Or anything else. Just have fun with the quote.
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Agree to that! Though it's not always easy, since having a word to a friend is tricky. But yes, it is always nice to have friends who watch over and remind us when we're about to make mistake.
ReplyDeleteAnd I join in, btw! My first WQ :D
YAY!!! I love quotes. Please join every time you want to. A quote is most readily welcomed.
DeleteAh yes, it's an irony that most of the deep quotes in JC is spoken by either Brutus or Cassius - the conspirators. But I bear no grudge against Brutus. He's such a nice man, but naive.