| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 53084 |
| QUOTATION: | Soothsayer. Beware the Ides of March. Caesar. He is a dreamer. Let us leave him. Pass. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Shakespeare (15641616), British dramatist, poet. Soothsayer and Caesar, in Julius Caesar, act 1, sc. 2, l. 23-4.
Caesar was in fact assassinated on March 15 (the Ides). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Shakespeare Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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