Malfi Quotes Flashcards
“That a princes court..
…is like a common fountain”
“I fell into…
…the galleys in your service”.
“He and his brother are like plum…
… trees that grow crooked over standing pools”.
“Places in court…
… are like beds in a hospital”.
“Take fire…
… when I give fire, that is laugh when I laugh”.
“Whose throat…
… must I cut”.
“These cursed gifts would make you…
… a corrupter and me and impudent traitor.”
“Say then my corruption grew…
…out of horse dung - I am your creature.”
“Diamonds are of most value…
… they say that have past through most jewellers hands. Whores by that rule are precious.”
“Like the…
… irregular crab”.
“I the this speech between you was…
… studied it came so roundly off.”
“This was my father poniard…
… I’d loathe to see it go rusty”.
“Let old wives report…
… I winked and chose a husband”.
“I am going into a wilderness…
… where I shall find no path nor friendly clue”
“One of your eyes is bloodshot…
… Use my ring to it.”
“This goodly roof of yours…
… is too low built.. Rais yourself”.
“Ambition madam..
… is a great mans madness.”
“The misery of us born great…
…we are forced to woo because none dare woo us.”
“This is flesh and blood sir…
…tis not the figure cut in alabaster that kneels at my husbands tomb.”
“Time will easily…
… scatter the tempest”
“Lay a naked sword…
…between us to keep us chaste.”
“I would sooner eat a dead pigeon…
…taken from the soles of your feet of one sick of the plague than to kiss one of you fasting .”
“She pukes, her stomach seethes..
… the fins of her eyelids look most teeming blue.”
“Most vulturous eating…
…of apricots are apparent signs of breeding now.”
