Shakespeare Quote of the Day

Tag: Antony and Cleopatra

  • March 8

    Timeless Beauty

    Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
    Her infinite variety.

    –Antony and Cleopatra,
     Act II, Scene ii

  • Behave or Else

    Behave or Else

    I’ll unhair thy head:
    Thou shalt be whipp’d with wire, and stew’d in brine,
    Smarting in lingering pickle.

    –Antony and Cleopatra,
    Act II, Scene v

  • February 8

    All for Love

    Let…the wide arch
    Of the ranged empire fall: here is my space.

    –Antony and Cleopatra,
    Act I, Scene i

  • January 24

    This or Something Better

    We, ignorant of ourselves,
    Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers
    Deny us for our good; so find we profit
    By losing of our prayers.

    -Antony and Cleopatra,
    Act II, Scene i

  • Double Down

    Double Down

    …When we in our viciousness grow hard—
    O misery on’t!—the wise gods seel our eyes;
    In our own filth drop our clear judgments; make us
    Adore our errors; laugh at’s, while we strut
    To our confusion.

    –Antony and Cleopatra,
    Act III, Scene xiii

  • Whipped

    Whipped

    Take but good note, and you shall see in him
    The triple pillar of the world transform’d
    Into a strumpet’s fool: behold and see.

    –Antony and Cleopatra, 
    Act I, Scene i

  • September 25

    Intimidation Erodes

    In time we hate that which we often fear.

    —Antony and Cleopatra,
    Act I, Scene iii