“Good sirs, take heart: —
We'll bury him; and then, what's brave, what's noble,
Let's do it after the high Roman fashion,
And make Death proud to take us. Come, away:
This case of that spirit now is cold. —
Ah, women, women!
Come; we have no friend
But resolution, and the briefest end.”

—  Cleopatra VII

Source: As quoted, Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, Act III, movie XV, (1623)

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