Dutchess of Malfi Quotes

• Bosola


  'Her tetchiness and most vulturous eating of the apricots are apparent signs of breeding'
• 'I am not so much afraid to die as to live longer, and be so miserable.' - Ferdinand
• 'A man may be hanged with his own bowels' - Bosola
• 'A man may smile and murder at the same time' - Bosola
• 'She was a woman that had no more wit than a dog; but she loved her husband well enough' - Delio
• 'The devil himself could never have invented such an instrument of torture as woman is' - Delio
• 'Heaven forgive us! we were born to trouble as well as joy' - Duchess
• 'She was a witch; she had bewitched my brother' - Ferdinand
• 'The devil himself could never have invented such an instrument of torture as woman is' - Ferdinand
• Dutchess


  "For now, whether I am doomed to live, or die, I can do both like a prince."
• Antonio


  "But for your brothers?"
• Dutchess


  'The birds... live happier than we; for they may choose their mates'
• Bosola


  'Go no further in your cruelty'
• Dutchess


  Why dost thou wrap thy poisoned pills/ in gold and sugar
• Dutchess

  Why dost thou wrap thy poisoned pills/ in gold and sugar