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Quotes from Cleopatra — H. Rider Haggard

1856–1925 England

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Those who go secretly, go evilly; and foul birds love to fly at night.

Cleopatra (1889)

For what man is there who does not prize that gift most rare and beautiful, that one perfect thing which no gold can buy – a woman's unfeigned love?

Cleopatra (1889)

The shaft of my vengeance fell upon my own head.

Cleopatra (1889)

Love counts not its labour nor can it weigh its tenderness in the scale of purchase. That which it has it gives, and craves for more to give and give, till the soul's infinity be drained.

Cleopatra (1889)

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