CASCA:Three or four
wenches where I stood cried “Alas, good soul!” and
forgave him with all their hearts. But there’s no
heed to be taken of them; if Caesar had stabbed
their mothers, they would have done no less.William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
Julius Caesar, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 282ff (1.2.282–286) (1599)
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Quotations about:
idolization
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Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among mankind.
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Sartor Resartus, Book 3, ch. 7 (1834)
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Quoting Herr Teufelsdröckh.
This passage first appeared in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 10, No. 55 (1834-07).
The truth of it is, there is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-05-24), The Spectator, No. 73
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The essay in focuses in particular on women who are idolized by coteries of men around them.
My political view is democracy. Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.
