quotes Flashcards
(21 cards)
they [the brothers] are rich and o’erladen with fruit, but none but crows and caterpillars feed on them
bosola
act 1 scene 1
all her [duchess] particular worth grows to this sum: she stains the time past, lights the time to come
antonio
act 1 scene 2
i give you [bosola] that to live i’ th’ court here and observe the duchess, to note all the particulars of her ‘haviour
ferdinand
act 1 scene 2
will you hear me? i’ll never marry
duchess
act 1 scene 2
the marriage night is the entrance into some prison
cardinal
act 1 scene 2
it shows a fearful madness. i owe her [duchess] much pity
cariola
act 1 scene 2
old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best
delio
act 2 scene 2
though lust do mask in ne’er so strange disguise,
she’s oft found witty, but is never wise
bosola
act 2 scene 3
they [the public] do observe i grow to infinite purchase the left-hand way
antonio
act 3 scene 1
an honest stateman to a prince
is like a cedar planted by a spring
the spring bathes the tree’s root
bosola
act 3 scene 2
this good one that you speak of is my husband
i have had three children by him
duchess
act 3 scene 2
there’s no deep valley, but near some great hill
duchess
act 3 scene 5
i am duchess of malfi still
duchess…
act 4 scene 2
let me see her [duchess] face again
ferdinand
act 4 scene 2
antonio… mercy!
duchess
act 4 scene 2
this fellow [cardinal] doth breed basilisks in’s eyes
act 5 scene 2
deadly accent
a thing of sorrow
that suits it best
ay, wife’s voice
ghost of duchess
act 5 scene 3
how tedious is a guilty conscience!
cardinal
act 5 scene 5
thy greatness was outward [cardinal]
bosola
act 5 scene 5
let worthy mind ne’er stagger in distrust
to suffer death or shame for what is just!
bosola
act 5 scene 5
integrity of life is fame’s best friend,
which nobly, beyond death, shall crown the end
delio
act 5 scene 5
(last thing spoken in play)
