“It has always been preferable to attribute a woman's success to her beauty rather to her brains, to reduce her to the sum of her sex life.” — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
“[Cleopatra's] power has been made to derive from her sexuality, for obvious reason; as one of Caesar's murderers had noted, 'How much more attention people pay to their fears than to their memories!' It has always been preferable to attribute… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
![“[Cleopatra's] power has been made to derive from her sexuality, for obvious reason; as one of Caesar's murderers had noted, 'How much more attention people pay to their fears than to their memories!' It has always been preferable to attribute a woman's success to her beauty rather than to her…” quote by Stacy Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3cd/stacy-schiff-7881_life_cleopatra-s-power-has-been-made-to-deriv_1540427.jpg)