Quotations from Antony & Cleopatra

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May 30 , 2010

Selected Quotations from : The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra

There 's beggary in the love that can be reckon 'd . Mark Antony , Act I Scene i

Kingdoms are clay : Mark Antony , Act I , Scene i

You think but your sheets are privy to your wishes . Alexas , Act I Scene ii

O , then we bring forth weeds

When our quick minds lie still Mark Antony , Act I , Scene ii

What our contempt doth often

hurl from us

We wish it ours again Mark Antony , Act I , Scene ii

Why , then , we kill all our women

we see how mortal an unkindness is to them

if they suffer our departure , death 's the word . Domitius Enobarbus , Act I , Scene ii

this grief is crowned

with consolation your old smock brings forth a new

petticoat : Domitius Enobarbus , Act I , Scene ii

In time we hate that which we often fear . Charmian , Act I , Scene iii

The gods best know , - Mark Antony , Act I , Scene iii

Why should I think you can be mine and true , Cleopatra , Act I , Scene iii

We , ignorant of ourselves

Beg often our own harms , which the wise powers

Deny us for our own good so find we profit

By losing of our prayers . Menecrates , Act II , Scene i

I know not , Menas

How lesser enmities may give way to greater . Pompey , Act II , Scene i

This was but as a fly...