七律 詠愷撒
莎士比亞作， 傅正明衍譯
謙恭可作過河橋，壯歲雄心望九霄，
真偽奸雄翻掌變，梯橋水陸掉頭拋。
干雲冷看底層小，作亂挾持權位高。
愷撒非神難脫俗，勸君防范在今朝。
《愷撒大帝》第二幕第一場
原詞lowliness 兼有卑微、謙恭、低俗、卑劣等多義，此處“謙恭”可視為佯裝，猶如“王莽謙恭未篡時”。
William Shakespeare
Lowliness Is Young Ambition's Ladder
Brutus
But 'tis a common proof
That lowliness is young ambition's ladder,
Whereto the climber upward turns his face;
But when he once attains the utmost round,
He then unto the ladder turns his back,
Looks into the clouds, scorning the base degrees
By which he did ascend. So Caesar may.
Then, lest he may, prevent.
Julius Caesar Act 2, Scene1
