 | Laurie Maguire - 2003 - 260 psl.
...this republican world is suspicious of rulers who are elevated to statuesque deities. Cassius says he "had as lief not be as live to be / In awe of such a thing as I myself" (1.2.95-6). Exploiting the faultline between man and role, Cassius reminds us of Caesar's deficient... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2005 - 292 psl.
...your outward favor. Well, honor is the subject of my story. I cannot tell what you and other men too Think of this life; but, for my single self, I had...be In awe of such a thing as I myself. I was born free as Caesar; so were you; We both have fed as well, and we can both 105 Endure the winter's cold... | |
 | Irving Ribner - 2005 - 232 psl.
...Shakespeare call him a king. The very opposite is made clear in the second scene when Cassius says: I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself. I was born free as Caesar; so were you. (I.ii.95-97) A king was not like other men. He derived his power, according... | |
 | Mary Floyd-Wilson, Garrett A. Sullivan - 2006 - 232 psl.
...surely lives up to Caesar's estimation as he explains masculinity to Brutus: I cannot tell what you or other men Think of this life; but, for my single self,...be In awe of such a thing as I myself. I was born free as Caesar, so were you; We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as... | |
 | Oliver Arnold - 2007 - 362 psl.
...cannot tell what you and other men, /Think of this life," he tells Brutus, "but for my single self, / 1 had as lief not be as live to be/ In awe of such a thing as I myself" (1.1.90—95). Cassius may be haughty, but he offers here the most radically egalitarian justification... | |
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I had as lief not be, as live to be In awe of such a thing as I m,yself. 
