In Julius Caesar,what is meant by"cold modesty"?
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The line is : 'The enemies of Caesar shall say this; then, in a friend, it is cold modesty.' When Cassius interrupts the speech of Antony, Antony says even enemies could not but praise the qualities of Caesar. If a friend praised him then, it was just an understatement or cold modesty. It was an ordinary thing that ought to be said about Caesar.
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The line is : 'The enemies of Caesar shall say this; then, in a friend, it is cold modesty.' When Cassius interrupts the speech of Antony, Antony says even enemies could not but praise the qualities of Caesar. If a friend praised him then, it was just an understatement or cold modesty. It was an ordinary thing that ought to be said about Caesar.
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