I know where I will wear this dagger then;
Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius:
Therein, ye gods, you make the weak most strong;
Therein, ye gods, you tyrants do defeat:
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass,
Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,
Can be retentive to the strength of spirit;
But life, being weary of these worldly bonds,
Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
If I know this, know all the world besides,
That part of tyranny that I do bear
I can shake off at pleasure."
-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
Cassius' consuming hatred of Caesar is difficult to understand, even for him. Probably it is simply a manifestation of Cassius' consuming hatred of everyone and everything. Caesar is, to Cassius, a personification of the forces which he feels have kept him down throughout his life.