Is it sin to rush into the secret house of death
Ere death dare come to us?

William Shakespeare

Antony and Cleopatra

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Topic

Suicide Death

Speaker

Cleopatra

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Antony and Cleopatra

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1607 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Playwright Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Antony and Cleopatra. King's Men, c. 1607, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 15.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Antony and Cleopatra." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al.,, 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 15.

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I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

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Time
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Fortune, that arrant whore,
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King Lear

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Topic
Fortune Good luck The poor
Speaker
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Author

William Shakespeare
Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1606 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. King Lear. King's Men, 26 Dec. 1606, Palace of Whitehall, Westminster, England, UK, act 2, sc. 4.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Tragedy of King Lear." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 4.

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What is originality? To see something that has no name as yet and hence cannot be mentioned although it stares us all in the face.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Gay Science

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Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
The Gay Science
Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
German
Time
1882 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die frohliche Wissenschaft [The Gay Science]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1882, bk. 3, no. 261.

Current Citation

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