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Top 38 Cleopatra Quotes on Life & Love (BEAUTY)

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“Nothing could part us in life, but now in death, we are likely to change places, you the Roman lying here in Egyptian soil, and I, helpless woman that I am, being buried in Italy.”

Cleopatra
All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise.
All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise.
Celerity is never more admired than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired than by the negligent.
In praising Antony, I have dispraised Caesar.
In praising Antony, I have dispraised Caesar.
Leave the fishing-rod, Great General, to us sovereigns of Pharos and Canopus. Your game is cities and kings and continents.
Leave the fishing-rod, Great General, to us sovereigns of Pharos and Canopus. Your game is cities and kings and continents.
Is he a good man Define 'good'.
Is he a good man? Define ‘good’.
Eternity was in our lips and in our eyes.
Eternity was in our lips and in our eyes.
I will not be led in a triumph.
I will not be led in a triumph.
Be it known that we, the greatest, are misthought.
Be it known that we, the greatest, are misthought.
Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you.
Fool! Don’t you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you.

16 Thought-Provoking Cleopatra Quotes

“I will even not rant about treachery. I was brought up in a sea of treachery and deceit and betrayal. I swam in it like a perch in the Nile. I am completely at home in it. I shall not drown.”

Cleopatra
My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.
My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.
Give me my robe. Put on my crown. I have Immortal longings in me. Now no more. The juice of Egypt’s grape shall moist this lip.
Give me my robe. Put on my crown. I have Immortal longings in me. Now no more. The juice of Egypt’s grape shall moist this lip.
You will therefore assume the position of a suppliant before this throne. You will kneel.
You will therefore assume the position of a suppliant before this throne. You will kneel.
If you find him sad, say I am dancing. If in mirth, report that I am sudden sick.
If you find him sad, say I am dancing. If in mirth, report that I am sudden sick.
The odds is gone. And there is nothing left remarkable. Beneath the visiting moon.
The odds is gone. And there is nothing left remarkable. Beneath the visiting moon.
And make death proud to take us.
And make death proud to take us.
It is my birth-day I had thought to have held it poor but, since my lord Is Antony again, I will be Cleopatra.
It is my birth-day: I had thought to have held it poor: but, since my lord Is Antony again, I will be Cleopatra.
I was full of myth, which is to say full of an idea.
I was full of myth, which is to say full of an idea.
My salad days, when I was green in judgement, cold in blood.
My salad days, when I was green in judgement, cold in blood.
But neither you nor any other barbarian has the right to destroy one human thought!
But neither you nor any other barbarian has the right to destroy one human thought!
The way to prevent war is to be ready for it.
The way to prevent war is to be ready for it.
My breasts are full of love and life. My hips are round and well apart. Such women, they say, have sons.
My breasts are full of love and life. My hips are round and well apart. Such women, they say, have sons.
Better too late than never.
Better too late than never.
So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.
So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.
If it be love indeed, tell me how much.
If it be love indeed, tell me how much.

3 Cleopatra Quotes About Antony

O happy horse, to bear the weight of Antony!
O happy horse, to bear the weight of Antony!
I can no more. O Antony!– Nay, I will take thee too.
I can no more. O Antony!– Nay, I will take thee too.
Antony, Shall be brought drunken forth, and I shall see. Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness. I’th’posture of a whore.
Antony, Shall be brought drunken forth, and I shall see. Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness. I’th’posture of a whore.

3 Cleopatra Quotes About Power

There are never enough hours in the days of a queen, and her nights have too many.
There are never enough hours in the days of a queen, and her nights have too many.
I will not be told where I can go and where I cannot go.
I will not be told where I can go and where I cannot go.
The corridors are dark gentlemen, but you mustn’t be afraid. I am with you.
The corridors are dark gentlemen, but you mustn’t be afraid. I am with you.

6 Cleopatra Quotes That Will Make You Think

How dare you and the rest of your barbarians set fire to my library!
How dare you and the rest of your barbarians set fire to my library!
You have such bony knees.
You have such bony knees.
And I have always known.
And I have always known.
Melt Egypt into Nile!
Melt Egypt into Nile!
I found you as a morsel cold upon Dead Caesar’s trencher.
I found you as a morsel cold upon Dead Caesar’s trencher.
Give me to drink Mandragora.
Give me to drink Mandragora.

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