Controlling one's thoughts

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Make not your thoughts your prisons.

William Shakespeare

Antony and Cleopatra

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Topic

Controlling one's thoughts Thoughts Attitude and mindset

Speaker

Octavius Caesar

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Antony and Cleopatra

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Advice Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1607 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Antony and Cleopatra. King's Men, c. 1607, London, England, UK, act 5, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Antony and Cleopatra." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 3.