Cleopatra VII quotes

Cleopatra VII was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, famed for her intelligence, political skill, and legendary beauty. Her reign was marked by political alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, shaping the fate of the ancient Mediterranean world. She remains an enduring icon of female power and intrigue. Here are 16 of her quotes:

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 huge spirit now is cold. - Ah, women, women! - come; we have no friend But resolution, and the briefest end.

Cleopatra VII

O, wither'd is the garland of the war! The soldier's pole is fall'n; young boys and girls Are level now with men; the odds is gone, And there is nothing left remarkable Beneath the visiting moon.

Cleopatra VII

He was dispos'd to mirth; but on the sudden A Roman thought hath struck him.

Cleopatra VII

My salad days, When I was green in judgment, cold in blood, To say as I said then!

Cleopatra VII

I have Immortal longings in me.

Cleopatra VII

Where's my serpent of old Nile? For so he calls me.

Cleopatra VII

Eternity was in our lips and eyes.

Cleopatra VII

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

Cleopatra VII

I will not be triumphed over.

Cleopatra VII

In praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar.

Cleopatra VII

Peace, peace! Dost thou not see my baby at my breast, That sucks the nurse asleep? Act V, scene ii (1623)

Cleopatra VII

Kings are not elected. Gods are not elected.

Cleopatra VII

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

Cleopatra VII

Celerity is never more admired than by the negligent.

Cleopatra VII