Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears

Cultural  

1. From the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, the first line of a speech in which Mark Antony addresses the crowd at Caesar's funeral.

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Example Sentences

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears: They have come to resurrect Caesar.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022

Antony in “Julius Caesar”: Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2020

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears, or if not ears, pots.

From The Wouldbegoods by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Cæsar, not to praise him.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

From Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, William