The Ides of March

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Today is March 15th.

Beware the Ides of March.

Soothsayer Beware the ides of March.
CAESAR What man is that?
BRUTUS A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.
CAESAR Set him before me; let me see his face.
CASSIUS Fellow, come from the throng; look upon Caesar.
CAESAR What say'st thou to me now? speak once again.
Soothsayer Beware the ides of March.
CAESAR He is a dreamer; let us leave him: pass.

- Julius Caesar, Act 1. Scene II, William Shakespeare

Beware, already!

BRUTUS That's Calpurnia, Caesar's wife.
FLAVIUS Yea, well she's a suspect, too. Wait a minute. Pardon me Mrs. Caesar ...
CALPERNIA Yes?
FLAV Flavius Maximus, private Roman eye. I'd like to ask you a few questions. What do you know about this?
CAL I told him, Julie, don't go. Don't go Julie, I said. Don't go, it's the Ides of March.
FLAV Now look, Mrs. Caesar, I'd ---
CAL If I told him once, I'd told him a thousand times, Julie, don't go ...
FLAV Please, don't upset yourself.
CAL Julie, don't go, I said. It's the Ides of March. Beware already.
FLAV Sergeant, would you take Mrs. Caesar home, please?
SGT Come along, ma'am. Come along.
CAL I told him, Julie don't go, don't go.
FLAV (aside) I don't blame him for going.

- Wayne and Shuster sketch, 'Rinse the Blood Off My Toga'