Speech 4 Mark Antony's Speech at Caesar's Funeral ...
Friends，Romans，countrymen，lend me your ears.
I come to bury Caesar，not to praise him.
The evil thatmen do lives after them：
The good is oft interred with their bones.
So let it be with Caesar.
The noble Brutus hath told you Caesar was ambitious.
If itwere so，itwas a grievous fault，
And grievously hath Caesar answered it.
Here，under leave of Brutus and the rest—
For Brutus is an honorableman，
So are they all，all honorablemen—
Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
He wasmy friend，faithful and just tome；
But Brutus says he was ambitious，
And Brutus is an honorableman.
He hath broughtmany captives home to Rome，
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill.
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious？
When that the poor have cried，Caesar hath wept；
Ambition should bemade of stronger stuff.
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious，
And Brutus is an honorableman.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown，
Which he did thrice refuse.Was this ambition？
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious，
And，sure，he is an honorableman.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke，
But here Iam to speak ofwhat Ido know.
You all did love him once，notwithout cause.
What cause withholds you then，tomourn for him？
O judgment！Thou art fled to brutish beasts，
And men have lost their reason.Bear withme；
...
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar；
And Imust pause till it come back tome.
But yesterday the word of Caesarmight
Have stood against the world.Now lies he there，
And none so poor to do him reverence.
Omasters！If Iwere disposed to stir
Your hearts and minds tomutiny and rage，
I should do Brutus wrong，and Cassius wrong，
Who，you all know，are honorablemen.
Iwill not do them wrong；I rather choose
To wrong the dead，to wrongmyself and you，
Than Iwillwrong such honorablemen.
But here's a parchmentwith the seal of Caesar.
I found it in his closet；'tis his will.
Let but the commons hear this testament—
Which，pardonme，Ido notmean to read—
And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds
And dip their napkins in his sacred blood，
Yea，beg a hair of him formemory，
And dying，mention itwithin their wills，
Bequeathing it as a rich legacy
Unto their issue.
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Have patience，gentle friends：Imust not read it.
It is notmeet you know how Caesar loved you.
You are notwood，you are not stones，butmen；
And beingmen，hearing the word of Caesar，
Itwill inflame you，itwillmake youmad.
'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs，(https://www.daowen.com)
For if you should，O，whatwould come of it？
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安特尼在恺撒葬礼上的演讲词
——选自莎士比亚剧作《朱列斯·恺撒》
朋友们，罗马人，同胞们，请听我说。
我是来埋葬恺撒的，而不是赞誉他。
人死留恶名，英名随尸骨入土掩埋了。
就让恺撒如此吧。
因为正人君子布鲁托斯已经告知你们恺撒有野心。
如果真是这样，那就是一个滔天大罪，
而且恺撒已经为此付出了惨重的代价。
现在，经过布鲁托斯及其一伙人的允许，
因为布鲁托斯是正人君子，
他们一伙人也是正人君子，
我来恺撒的葬礼上说几句话。
恺撒是我的朋友，对我公正且守信，
但布鲁托斯说恺撒有野心，
而布鲁托斯是个正人君子。
恺撒曾经带许多俘虏回到罗马来，
他们的赎金都充实了公家的财库；
这可以说是野心者的行径吗？
穷苦的人哀哭的时候，恺撒曾经为他们流泪；
有野心者是不应当这样仁慈的。
然而布鲁托斯却说他是有野心的，
而布鲁托斯是一个正人君子。
你们大家都看见在卢柏节那天，
我三次献给他一顶王冠，
他三次都拒绝了，这难道是野心吗？
然而布鲁托斯却说他是有野心的，
而布鲁托斯的的确确是一个正人君子。
我不是要推翻布鲁托斯所说的话，
我所说的只是我自己所知道的事实。
你们都曾热爱恺撒，不是无缘无故的。
可又是什么缘由让你们不为恺撒哀悼呢？
唉，理性啊！你已经遁入了野兽的心中，
人们已经失去辨别是非的能力了。
原谅我；我的心现在是跟恺撒一起在他的棺木之内，
我必须停顿片刻，等它回到我自己的胸腔里。
……
就在昨天恺撒的一句话就足以抵御世界，
但先在他却躺在那里，竟没有一个人对他肃然起敬。
唉，主啊！如果我是想唤醒你们的心智和良知
并因此义愤填膺决意反抗的话，
我就会对不起布鲁托斯和卡西斯，
你们大家知道，他们都是正人君子。
我不愿做对不起他们的事；
我宁愿对不起死人，对不起我自己，对不起你们，
却不愿对不起这些正人君子。
可是这儿有一张羊皮纸，上面盖着恺撒的印章；
那是我在他的卧室里找到的，是他的遗嘱。
只要让民众一听到这张遗嘱上的话——
原谅我，我现在还不想把它宣读——
他们就会去吻恺撒尸体上的伤口，用手巾去蘸他神圣的血，
还会乞讨他一根头发回去作纪念，并在临死前，立下遗嘱，
作为传给后代的一项贵重遗产。
……
耐心点，温和的朋友们，我不能宣读。
让你们知道恺撒是多么爱你们是不明智的。
因为你们不是木头，也不是顽石，而是人。
作为人，听到恺撒的遗嘱，就会使你们怒火中烧，
就会使你们义愤填膺。
最好不要知道你们是恺撒遗嘱的受惠人，
因为一旦你们知道了，唉，会发生什么事呢？