Antony and Cleopatra Quotations

‘this dotage…

‘this dotage of our general’s/ O’erflows the measure’

‘goodly eyes…

‘goodly eyes/ That o’er the files and musters of the war/ Have glowed like plated Mars’

‘The triple pillar…

‘The triple pillar of the world transform’d/ Into a strumpet’s fool’

‘Let Rome…

‘Let Rome in Tiber melt, and the wide arch/ Of the ranged empire fall!’

‘wastes/ The lamps…

‘wastes/ The lamps of night in revel: is not more manlike/ Than Cleopatra, nor the queen of Ptolemy/ More womanly than he’

‘Melt Egypt…

‘Melt Egypt into Nile, and kindly creatures/ Turn all to serpents’

‘Royal wench!…

‘Royal wench!/ She made great Caesar lay his sword to bed’

‘The barge she…

‘The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne,/ Burned on the water’

‘I never saw an…

‘I never saw an action of such shame./ Experience, manhood, honour, ne’er before/ Did violate itself’

‘Authority…

‘Authority melts from me!’

‘O, whither…

‘O, whither hast thou led me, Egypt?’

‘My resolution’s placed…

‘My resolution’s placed, and I have nothing/ Of woman in me. Now from head to foot/ I am marble-constant’

‘[Enter IRAS with…

‘[Enter IRAS with a robe, crown and other jewels.] Give me my robe. Put on my crown.’

‘shouting varletry…

‘shouting varletry/ Of censuring Rome? Rather a ditch in Egypt/ Be gently grave unto me!’

‘I shall see some…

‘I shall see some squealing Cleopatra boy my greatness/ I’th’posture of a whore’

‘golden Phoebus…

‘golden Phoebus, never beheld/ Of eyes so royal!’

‘She shall be buried…

‘She shall be buried by her Antony./ No grave upon the earth shall clip in it/ A pair so famous’

‘Women are…

‘Women are unstable creatures, always changing’ (Aeneid)