Cleopatra Quotes

I will not be triumphed over.

Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you.

All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise.

Be it known that we, the greatest, are misthought.

Is he a good man?" "Define 'good'.

And make death proud to take us.

My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.

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.

In time we hate that which we often fear.

When a woman teams up with a snake a moral storm threatens somewhere.

That truth should be silent I had almost forgot. (Enobarbus)

So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.

And in the absence of facts, myth rushes in, the kudzu of history.

Come, sir, come, I'll wrestle with you in my strength of love.Look, here I have you, thus I let you go, And give you to the gods.

[H]e is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.

All is as it should be.

Her unusual dark hair and sultry eyes made her stand out--- Anne Boleyn was Tudor England's Angelina Jolie amid a sea of Reese Witherspoons.

But marrying within one's own family can get monotonous. One has heard all the same family stories, knows all the jokes and all the same recipes. No novelty.

Understanding anyone begins with the person's family history and the culture he or she is a part of.

History existed to be retold, with more panache but not necessarily greater accuracy.

OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABESIt is a pity that we often succeed in our endeavors to deceive each other. ~Empress Irene~