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Kings are not elected. Gods are not elected.

— Cleopatra Misattributed

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I am fire and air; my other elements I give to baser life.

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (1623)

I have Immortal longings in me.

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (1623)

Eternity was in our lips and eyes.

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (1623)

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

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

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (1623)

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