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

“When Shakespeare wrote a speech in the Roman style in his tragic play about Julius Caesar, he began it thus: ‘Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.’

From Literature

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

From Washington Post

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

From Washington Post

This puts a somewhat different spin on the famous quote: “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.”

From Fox News

One big boy who had got to the highest part of the roof last week let out a yell and then started hollering out a speech he had learned at high school—‘Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend me your ears!’

From Literature