Quotes from workAntony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first performed, by the King's Men, at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre in around 1607; its first appearance in print was in the Folio of 1623.
“The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne,
Burnt on the water.”
William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra
Enobarbus, Act II, scene ii.
Antony and Cleopatra (1606)
“That truth should be silent I had almost forgot. (Enobarbus)”
William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra
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“But she makes hungry
Where she most satisfies…”
William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra
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“I have Immortal longings in me.”
William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra
Variant: Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me
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“In time we hate that which we often fear.”
William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra
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“And make death proud to take us.”
William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra
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