= Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears
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"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" is a famous line from William Shakespeare's play *Julius Caesar*. It is the opening line of Mark Antony's speech in Act 3, Scene 2, in which he addresses the crowd after the assassination of Julius Caesar. In this speech, Antony seeks to sway public opinion against the conspirators who killed Caesar and to incite feelings of loyalty and mourning for Caesar.
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