Block quote

Use block quote when you want to insert a quotation. A line of a block quote starts with the character >.

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> Veni, vidi, vici\
> (I came, I saw, I conquered)\
> --- Julius Caesar

Veni, vidi, vici
(I came, I saw, I conquered)
— Julius Caesar

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> _Antony_: Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.\
> --- William Shakespeare, _Julius Caesar_, Act 3, Scene 2

Antony: Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
— William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 2