Julius Caesar
A tricolon (pl. tricola) is a sentence with three clearly defined parts (cola) of equal length, usually independent clauses and of increasing power.
- Veni, vidi, vici
- — (Julius Caesar)
- “I came; I saw; I conquered.”
Etymology:
From the Greek, “three” + “unit”
Examples:
- “I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.”
(Dorothy Parker) - “You are talking to a man who has laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe.”
(The Wizard in The Wizard of Oz, 1939) - “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”
(Benjamin Franklin)
