- *[Cassius]:Tell me, good Brutus, can you see your face?
- *[Brutus: No, Cassius; for the eye sees not itself,
But by reflection, by some other things.
- *[Cassius]. 'Tis just:
And it is very much lamented, Brutus,
That you have no such mirrors as will turn
Your hidden worthiness into your eye,
*That you might see your shadow. I have heard,
Where many of the best respect in Rome,
Except immortal Caesar, speaking of Brutus
And groaning underneath this age's yoke,
Have wish'd that noble Brutus had his eyes.
- *[Brutus] : Into what dangers would you lead me, Cassius,
That you would have me seek into myself
For that which is not in me? - [Cassius]: Therefore, good Brutus, be prepared to hear:
And since you know you cannot see yourself*
So well as by reflection, I, your glass,
Will modestly discover to yourself
That of yourself which you yet know not of.
This was the line that made Brutus ready to die for his friend.
When Cassius says to Brutus 'you can't really see yourself- LET ME BE YOUR MIRROR...' The first time I read that, I thought , "if that isn't the greatest seduction line ever written I don't know what is."
Realistically, sure, we all want the girl with the big tits and a beautiful face, etc. but those things do not and cannot last forever.
We want someone who gets us, who respects us and takes our dreams as seriously as they do their own.
Indeed what we are REALLY looking for, all our lives, is someone who sees in us the person whom we want to be. We have a secret image of ourselves in our own hearts (I do, so do you, don't lie) and when we find someone who sees that ultimate version of yourself in what you are now, it changes you.
And if someone can offer that to you, if someone can be that 'honest mirror' for you, the question isn't will you fall in love with them? The question is how could you stop yourself from falling in love with them?
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