Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

 

Caesar: and that, having in Sicily

Sextus Pompeius spoil’d, we had not rated him

His part of ‘the idls: then does he say he lent me

Some shipping unrestored: lastly, he frets

That Lepidus of the triumvirate

Should be deposed; and, being, that we detain

All his revenue.

 

Octavius Caesar

Antony and Cleopatra    Act III, Scene vi, Line 25

 

Well, where should we go with this? I suppose a bit of context is in order.

Caesar is talking with his flunkies about Marc Antony. Agrippa has just asked Caesar who Antony is accusing, and today’s lines is Caesar’s answer. He remarks that Antony is accusing Caesar (him), and that Antony1. Wants more of the spoils of the victory over Pompius, 2. Claims he lent Caesar some ships that were not paid back, and 3. Wants that they should ditch Lepidus (the third member of the triumvirate) and share his wealth. None of these three demands is making Caesar very happy.

Greed, it’s all about greed. I think greed might be the single most destructive human force; then, now, always.