QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Antony and Cleopatra
ACT/SCENE: 4.15
SPEAKER: Cleopatra
CONTEXT:
CLEOPATRA
O Charmian, I will never go from hence.
CHARMIAN
Be comforted, dear madam.
CLEOPATRA
No, I will not.
All strange and terrible events are welcome,
But comforts we despise. Our size of sorrow,
Proportioned to our cause, must be as great
As that which makes it.
How now? Is he dead?
DIOMEDES
His death’s upon him, but not dead.
Look out o’ th’ other side your monument.
His guard have brought him thither.

DUTCH:
Neen, ‘k wil niet.
Wat schrikk’lijk is en ongehoord, is welkom,
Doch troost versmaad ik; onze kommer moet
Zoo groot en vrees’lijk zijn als de oorzaak is,
Die ons hem wekt.

MORE:
Hence=This place
Comforts=Consolation
Despise=Treat with contempt
Upon him=Imminent
Compleat:
Hence=Van hier, hier uit
Comfort=Vertroosting, troost, verquikking, vermaak, verneugte
To despise=Verachten, versmaaden

Topics: death, sorrow