And, drunk with my own madness, I shouted at him furiously, "Make life beautiful! Make life beautiful!

Charles Baudelaire
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This is part of a speech that someone gives to an audience in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream . The speaker is love (named Hermia) and she's speaking to her friend Lysander. She's saying that she wants to be with him, but she'll only be with him if he promises not to hurt her. She says "make life beautiful", which can mean "make your love for me beautiful".

But the most common meaning of the phrase is "be a good person", as in make your love for me beautiful. This quote is used as a reminder that the advice is intended for the audience, not for the speaker.

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