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By William Shakespeare
Cowards dye many times before their deaths, The valiant neuer taste of death but once:
- Source
- Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (the First Folio), 1623 · The Tragedie of Julius Caesar, p. 117 (printed page number, seen), left column; archive.org page n722
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- Internet Archive (EEBO microfilm scan, STC 22273, of the 1623 First Folio, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, London: Isaac Iaggard and Ed. Blount; page images carry the label Folger No. 7)
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Spoken by Julius Caesar in The Tragedie of Julius Caesar (First Folio, 1623), when his wife Calphurnia begs him to stay at home; Act 2, Scene 2 in modern editions. The speech continues after these lines.