Ability Quote by 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

“Plutarch clearly notes that her beauty “was not in itself so remarkable that none could be compared with her, or that no one could…

— Stacy Schiff

“A capable, clear-eyed sovereign, she knew how to build a fleet, suppress an insurrection, control a currency, alleviate a famine. An eminent Roman general…

— Stacy Schiff

But, if we explore the literature of Heroism, we shall quickly come to Plutarch, who is its Doctor and historian. To him we owe…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Plutarch has a fine expression, with regard to some woman of learning, humility, and virtue;--that her ornaments were such as might be purchased without…

— Laurence Sterne

“A human is the one, who would give up a thousand Cleopatras to be with the person he or she loves.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Against a powerful enchantress there is no contest. Against a woman who ensnares a man in the coils of her serpentine intelligence - in…

— Stacy Schiff

The interesting thing about Cleopatra is that she is such a shape-shifter. I mean through history we've all molded her to our times and…

— Stacy Schiff

“he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke—the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in…

— Paulo Coelho

“All languages were bestowed with a garland of wisdom and possess knowledge,understanding and instruction to reflect the beauty of a particular culture. No language…

— David Ssembajjo

Language should be pure, noble and graceful, as the body should be so: for both are vestures of the Soul.

— John Lancaster Spalding

To me, Egypt is a wonderful history, a wonderful people, and it's represented through artists like Om Kalthoum, who is considered the fourth pyramid…

— Mona Eltahawy