They don't want us to walk into a fatal future waiting to consume us as Julius Caesar did when he ignored the counsel of those with foresight:
beware the ides of March.
Diplomatic shifts and new alliances in the Horn of Africa call to mind William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, where a soothsayer warns Caesar: "
Beware the ides of March" (or 15 March) which ancient Romans considered as a deadline for settling debts.
According to Plutarch, a Greek biographer and philosopher known primarily for his writing, Parallel Lives, a collection of biographies of prominent Greeks and Romans, a soothsayer told Julius Caesar to
beware the Ides of March. To beware meant an unfortunate incident would happen to him.
Beware the Ides of March...and even though it's still three days away, it does makes sense to be cautious.
The old saying is
Beware the Ides of March but the Championship should beware a top team on the march.
Spring seems to have come late this year, almost a month late, the season teased us with a few sunny days interspersed with the gloomy, cold, windy ones (
beware the Ides of March it would have seemed).
"
Beware the Ides of March," the soothsayer whispered to Caesar.
Shakespeare demonstrated a form of an early warning system in Julius Caesar when he offered, "
Beware the Ides of March."
Julius Caesar failed to heed the soothsayer's grim warning, "
Beware the Ides of March!" and his death forever changed the history of Rome.
Beware the Ides of March warned the soothsayer in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
"
Beware the Ides of March" was a warning from the Soothsayer to Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's play.
'
Beware the Ides of March' - that's what the soothsayer warned the Roman dictator, according to Shakespeare's play.
'A soothsayer bids you
beware the Ides of March,'' Brutus warns Roman dictator Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's timeless tragedy.