– William Shakespeare: “Julius Caesar”; Act 1; Scene 8.
CAESAR (aside to ANTONY) Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights.Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous.  

In Inglese moderno: CAESAR (speaking so that only ANTONY can hear) I want the men around me to be fat, healthy-looking men who sleep at night. That Cassius over there has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Men like him are dangerous.

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William Shakespeare: “Julius Caesar”; Act 1; Scene 8.

CAESAR (aside to ANTONY): Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights.Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous.

In Inglese moderno: CAESAR (speaking so that only ANTONY can hear) I want the men around me to be fat, healthy-looking men who sleep at night. That Cassius over there has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Men like him are dangerous.