“There's beggary in the love that can be reckoned. (Anthony and Cleopatra - William Shakespeare.)” — Sarah Stuart Copy Share Image
“Cleopatra's nose, had it been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra. — Leslie Caron Copy Share Image
No one in the modern world controls the wealth or territory that Cleopatra did. — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
Cleopatra was exhausting to play, but also completely exhilarating. She creates her own energy. — Harriet Walter Copy Share Image
Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“Que ella que con su muerte le dice a nuestro César: "Me conquisté yo misma".” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Cæsar might have married her [Cleopatra], but he had a wife at home. There's always something. — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
“THOMASINA: But then the Egyptian noodle made carnal embrace with the enemy who burned the great library of Alexandria without so much… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Where does an actress go after playing Cleopatra's magnificent death? Why didn't Shakespeare write more - and more powerful - roles for… — Harriet Walter Copy Share Image
Girls have always wanted to be pretty, even in Egyptian times. Cleopatra wore all that eyeliner, you know. — Rita Ora Copy Share Image
I'm certainly no Cleopatra. I have legs like a schoolgirl and I don't know how I acquired the knack of attracting producers… — Rita Tushingham Copy Share Image
If you are really Master of your Fate, it shouldn't make any difference to you whether Cleopatra or the Bearded Lady is… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
You still don't get it, do you, Margaret?' Kat smiled almost sadly. 'We never had to steal the Antony. All we had… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
The truth is very few of us are related to Napoleon or Cleopatra. Although, those are bad examples as I am actually… — Jim Piddock Copy Share Image
Cleopatra stood at one of the most dangerous intersections in history; that of women and power. Clever women, Euripides had warned hundreds… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
“Princess," he said, spreading his arms in a shrug, "how does such a little thing like you get such a big temper?"… — Kristiana Gregory Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about Cleopatra is that she is such a shape-shifter. I mean through history we've all molded her to our… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
Indeed, it is measure of how little we know about Cleopatra that the only images of her are either the coins she… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
“Against a powerful enchantress there is no contest. Against a woman who ensnares a man in the coils of her serpentine intelligence… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
“Those darling byegone times, Mr Carker,' said Cleopatra, 'with their delicious fortresses, and their dear old dungeons, and their delightful places of… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I'm not an encyclopedia of ancient Egyptian history, but women did hold positions of status in ancient Egypt. Obviously, famously, people like… — Josh Gates Copy Share Image
“Selene’s life is a lesson to us that the trajectory of women’s equality hasn’t always been a forward march. In some ways… — Stephanie Dray Copy Share Image
Here you have an incredibly ambitious, accomplished woman who comes up against some of the same problems that women in power come… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
“The personal inevitably trumps the political, and the erotic trumps all: We will remember that Cleopatra slept with Julius Caesar and Mark… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
“O, whither hast thou led me, Egypt? See How I convey my shame out of thine eyes By looking back what I… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“…often women aren’t allowed to be characters in history, they have to be stereotypes. Cleopatra was a poet and a philosopher, she… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
“In her palace at Alexandria, Cleopatra begins her final night. The last of the pharaohs, who was not as beautiful as they… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
Her seductive power, however, did not lie in her looks [...]. In reality, Cleopatra was physically unexceptional and had no political power,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“I loved him so, even his past was precious to me. I found myself kissing each mark, thinking, I would have had… — Margaret George Copy Share Image
“CLEOPATRA TO THE ASP The bright mirror I braved: the devil in it Loved me like my soul, my soul: Now that… — Ted Hughes Copy Share Image
“While it is unclear who had done so, someone had produced a heroine. Cleopatra's was an honorable death, a dignified death, an… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
Caesar might have married Cleopatra, but he had a wife at home. There's always something. — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
“History existed to be retold, with more panache but not necessarily greater accuracy.” — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
“If you find him sad, say I am dancing. If in mirth, report that I am sudden sick.” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
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