Brutus and Cicero are characters in the play, "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare. Brutus objected to having Cicero join as one of the conspirators because he feared Cicero will not follow what other men have started.
Brutus felt that Cicero was too weak and would not follow through with the plan because he was too scared.
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Brutus does. He says that Cicero will never go with a project he himself did not start.
Brutus thinks that Cicero would not be happy in any movement he did not actually start himself. Basically, he thinks that Cicero has too much of a swollen ego for their purposes.
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Cicero is the senator whom Brutus refuses to ask to join the conspiracy.
Brutus however disagrees, arguing that Cicero "will never follow anything" (Line 150). Cassius agrees to leave Cicero out of their conspiracy... The Cicero issue settled, some very important decisions are made.
Messala conveys to Brutus that a hundred senators have been put to death, Cicero being one and that Brutus' wife, Portia, was dead.