aut Caesar, aut nihil

[ out kahy-sahr out ni-hil; English awt see-zer awt nahy-hil ]

Latin.

1. either a Caesar or nothing; all or nothing.

Example Sentences

Aut Caesar, aut nihil�Caesar or nothing�was his unspoken motto.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yriarte, mixing his facts throughout with a liberal leaven of fiction, tells us that "this is the precise moment in which Cesare Borgia, fixing his eyes upon the Roman Caesar, takes him definitely for his model and adopts the device 'Aut Caesar, aut nihil.'"

From Project Gutenberg

The motto of a great actor should be aut Caesar aut nihil.

From Project Gutenberg

The next day, therefore, he and his retinue started from that square, and traversed all the streets of Rome, wearing classical costumes and riding in antique cars, on one of which Caesar stood, clad in the robe of an emperor of old, his brow crowned with a golden laurel wreath, surrounded by lictors, soldiers, and ensign-bearers, who carried banners whereon was inscribed the motto, 'Aut Caesar aut nihil'.

From Project Gutenberg

He had taken for his motto, 'Aut Caesar, aut nihil': Caesar or nothing.

From Project Gutenberg