| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 50666 |
| QUOTATION: | O, my oblivion is a very Antony,
And I am all forgotten. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Cleopatra, in Antony and Cleopatra, act 1, sc. 3, l. 90-1.
Her forgetfulness (oblivion) is due to her preoccupation with Antony, so that she forgets herself, and at the same time implies that he forgets her in going to Rome. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Shakespeare Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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