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GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE 609 ricked men he said am sadly afraid have done some ricked thing One of his favourite sayings was That the ellowship of brothers of one mind was stronger than any brtified city He used to say That those things were the est for man to take on journey which would float with lim if he were shipwrecked He was once reproached for jeing intimate with wicked men and said Physicians also ive with those who are sick and yet they do not catch fevers He used to say That it was an absurd thing to clean corn- ield of tares and in war to get rid of bad soldiers and yet not to rid oneself in city of the wicked citizens When lie wras asked what advantage he had ever derived from philosophy he replied The advantage of being able to converse with myself When Diogenes asked him for tunic he bade him fold his cloak He was asked on one occasion what learning was the most necessary and he replied To unlearn one's bad habits -jfar £rofe Wttit Casca Tis Caesar that you mean is it not Cassius Cassius Let it be who it is for Romans now Have thews and limbs like to their ancestors But woe the while our fathers' minds are dead And we are governed with our mothers' spirits Our yoke and sufferance show us womanish Casca Indeed they say the senators to-morrow Mean to establish Ca3sar as king And he shall wear his crown by sea and land In every place save here in Italy