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BRUTUS. Farewell to you, and you, and you, Volumnius.

Strato, thou hast been all this while asleep.

Farewell to thee too, Strato. Countrymen,

My heart doth joy that yet in all my life

I found no man but he was true to me.

I shall have glory by this losing day,

More than Octavius and Mark Antony

By this vile conquest shall attain unto.

So fare you well at once, for Brutus’ tongue

Hath almost ended his life’s history.

Night hangs upon mine eyes; my bones would rest,

That have but laboured to attain this hour.

–The Tragedy of Julius Caesar,
William Shakespeare

Which piece of evidence best supports the theme that there is honor in defeat?

“Farewell to you, and you, and you, Volumnius.”
“Countrymen, / My heart doth joy that yet in all my life / I found no man but he was true to me.”
“I shall have glory by this losing day, / More than Octavius and Mark Antony”
“So fare you well at once, for Brutus’ tongue / Hath almost ended his life’s history.”

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“I shall have glory by this losing day, / More than Octavius and Mark Antony”

This line explicitly states that Brutus expects honor and glory from his defeat — he sees his loss as noble and more honorable than the victors’ gains, which directly supports the theme that there is honor in defeat.