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Cleopatra

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[Wikipedia] Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and the last active Hellenistic pharaoh. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. Her first lang

Quotes by Cleopatra

My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.

Honour

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And make death proud to take us.

Death

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Celerity is never more admired than by the negligent.

Admired

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

Cities

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I will not be triumphed over.

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

Despise

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

Funny

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

Good man

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

Able

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[At Marc Antony's tomb:] Nothing could part us in life, but now in death we are likely to change places, you the…

Antony

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