Plut. Caes. 37.3

Life of Caesar 37.3

Author
Plutarch
Translator
Bernadotte Perrin

Life of Caesar

37.3

Plutarch

translated by Bernadotte Perrin

3These, as long as they were on the road, since they were now past their physical prime and worn out with their multitudinous wars, murmured against Caesar. “Whither, pray, and to what end will this man bring us, hurrying us about and treating us like tireless and lifeless things? Even a sword gets tired out with smiting, and shield and breastplate are spared a little after so long a time of service.