Brutus is an honorable man

Cultural  

1. A statement made several times in a speech by Mark Antony in the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare. The speech is Antony's funeral oration over Caesar, whom Brutus (see also Brutus) has helped kill. “Brutus is an honorable man” is ironic, as Antony is attempting to portray Brutus as ungrateful and treacherous. He succeeds in turning the Roman people against Brutus and the other assassins.

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Example Sentences

For Brutus is an honorable man, So are they all, all honorable men!

From Time Magazine Archive

Echoes of Mark Antony: "For Brutus is an honorable man: So are they all, all honorable men."

From Time Magazine Archive

When that the poor have cried, Cæsar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man.

From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale

All ages since have felt it, and Shakespeare has told us that "Brutus is an honorable man."

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony

Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest— For Brutus is an honorable man; So are they all, all honorable men— Come I to speak in C�sar's funeral.

From Eighth Reader by Baldwin, James