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I had come to Rome in chains, but I would leave Rome a queen. — Stephanie Dray

If you find him sad, say I am dancing. If in mirth, report that I am sudden sick. — William Shakespeare

In praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar. — Cleopatra Egypt

Cleopatra: Give me to drink Mandragora.
Charmian: Why, madam?
Cleopatra: That I might sleep out this great gap of time my Antony is away. — William Shakespeare

I was startled by his touch. I hadn't realized he was so close to me, because I seemed so far from myself. — Stephanie Dray

As Antony said to Cleopatra, as he opened a crate of ale;
Oh I say, some girls are bigger than others. — Morrissey

Cleopatra's nose, had it been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed. — Blaise Pascal

The truth is very few of us are related to Napoleon or Cleopatra. Although, those are bad examples as I am actually descended from both of them. — Jim Piddock

But the ifs of history: if Cleopatra's nose had been one inch longer,' he said, 'would Antony have lost the battle of Actium? — William Dalrymple

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

Antony shall be brought drunken forth, and I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness
I' th' posture of a whore. — William Shakespeare

Caesar might have married Cleopatra, but he had a wife at home. There's always something. — Will Cuppy

If fourteen people believe they were Cleopatra in a former life, does that mean that Cleopatra had split personality disorder? — Patricia Briggs

If you are really Master of your Fate, it shouldn't make any difference to you whether Cleopatra or the Bearded Lady is your mate. — Ogden Nash

Some air you inhale was exhaled by Cleopatra. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

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

I wouldn't dare to speculate as to Cleopatra's falling in love. Her relationships are too convenient for that. — Stacy Schiff

No one in the modern world controls the wealth or territory that Cleopatra did. — Stacy Schiff

Diadem, Cleopatra took part throughout the trip in religious — Stacy Schiff

The name Cleopatra wakens the world to life. — Carmen Boullosa

How shall I abide
In this dull world, which in thy absence is
No better than a sty? — William Shakespeare

Caesar tarried in Egypt, Taking in all the spoils, The Lighthouse, the Library, Queen Cleopatra and Her many-perfumed oils. — Margaret George

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

He's meeting his girl now, a girl not much older than 14. A five-and-ten-cents store Cleopatra, a four letter word. — Kurt Vonnegut

Conformity is deformity — Sharon Desruisseaux

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

The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra. — Leslie Caron

Champagne with its foaming whirls/As white as Cleopatra's pearls. — Lord Byron

Girls have always wanted to be pretty, even in Egyptian times. Cleopatra wore all that eyeliner, you know. — Rita Ora

The April's in her eyes: it is love's Spring,
And these the showers to bring it on.. — William Shakespeare

Her name was Zenobia and she was a descendant of Cleopatra. She — Nujeen Mustafa

Powerful women are either sexually voracious rulers like Catherine the Great or Elizabeth I, or treacherous bitches like Cleopatra or Helen of Troy — Bill Gates

The movie I was working on, "Cleopatra", it's about how destructive a force love can be. But maybe that's what every story is about. — Jess Walter

For all its erudition, Cleopatra's Egypt produced no fine historian. — Stacy Schiff

They'll try to make you forget who you are or try to make you ashamed. But you mustn't forget and you mustn't be ashamed. — Stephanie Dray

My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely. — Cleopatra

I knew that a man was not only himself but also who he wished to be. — Stephanie Dray

The shadows of twilight grow,
And the tiger's ancient fierceness
In my veins begins to flow. — William Wetmore Story

I will not be triumphed over. — Cleopatra

Cleopatra descended from a long line of murderers and faithfully upheld the family tradition but was, for her time and place, remarkably well behaved. — Stacy Schiff

Apollodorus came, Caesar saw, Cleopatra conquered. — Stacy Schiff

[On vanity:] The nose of Cleopatra: if it had been shorter, the face of the earth would have changed. — Blaise Pascal

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

It is notable that when she is not condemned for being too bold and masculine, Cleopatra is taken to task for being unduly frail and feminine. — Stacy Schiff

I was full of myth, which is to say full of an idea. — Cleopatra Mathis

There was good reason why Cleopatra's subjects viewed time as a coil of endless repetitions. — Stacy Schiff

By the time Florence Nightingale got her neurotic hands on Cleopatra, she had been mangled beyond recognition by both history and literature. — Stacy Schiff

In 'Plutarch,' her voice begins to come out; there are actual 2,000-year-old quotes from Cleopatra, and they are sly and saucy. — Stacy Schiff

The curves of his smile become the waves in my ocean. — Stephanie Dray

I have never wanted to be a queen! Cleopatra was a role, and I am an actor, so it was fun to play one, but it's not real. — Elizabeth Taylor

Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra. — Blaise Pascal

It were for me
To throw my sceptre at the injurious gods;
To tell them that this world did equal theirs
Till they had stolen our jewel. — William Shakespeare

Leave the fishing-rod, Great General, to us sovereigns of Pharos and Canopus. Your game is cities and kings and continents. — Cleopatra

I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on. — Elizabeth Taylor

It was rare to find a member of the family who did not liquidate a relative or two, Cleopatra VII included. — Stacy Schiff

She came to the Cleopatra and her attention was immediately drawn to the side-by-side Tigris and Euphrates Towers. Her — Michael Connelly

Celerity is never more admired than by the negligent. — Cleopatra

I'm probably the highest paid outdoor entertainer since Cleopatra, — Gypsy Rose Lee

These heads sheltered by umbrellas
be they of Zeb-un-Nisa, or Catherine
of Cleopatra or Fenichka
live with their own stories — Suman Pokhrel