"Sometimes the Devil doth preach"
Bosola, Act 1 Scene 2
"Ambition, madam, is a great man's madness"
Antonio, Act 1 Scene 3
"The Duchess: Diamonds are of most value, They say, tha...
We are only like dead walls, or vaulted graves,
That, ruined, yields no echo. Fare you well.
It may be pain, but no harm to me to die
In so good a quarrel. O, this gloomy world!...
Shall this move me? If all my royal kindred
Lay in my way unto this marriage,
I’d make them my low footsteps; and even now,
Even in this hate, as men in some great battles,
By ...
“Duchess: I am Duchess of Malfi still.
Bosola: That makes thy sleeps so broken:
Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright,
But looked to near, have neither heat, nor light...
He and his brother are like plum-trees that grow crooked over standing pools; they are rich, and o’erladen with fruit, but none but crows, pies, and caterpillars feed on them. Coul...