Andrea Orsini Quotes in Prince of Foxes (1949)

Andrea Orsini: [looking at the dead body of Lucrezia Borgia's husband] Would you say the dead man made a reluctant corpse?

Don Esteban: A loose tongue soon loses its mouth, Captain Orsini.

Andrea Orsini: A wise tongue never needs to repeat itself, Don Esteban, nor does a competent assassin.

Cesare Borgia: [to Orsini] But the great know only one law: the outcome justifies the act. Have you the stomach for greatness?

Andrea Orsini: The stomach and the appetite.

Camilla Verano: I promise you I know how to hate.

Andrea Orsini: Or love, the twin of hate.

Andrea Orsini: I believe that I was born and that I must die, and that I must make the best of what lies between the two extremes.

Andrea Orsini: Heroism is a shallow thing, Madonna, if it isn't rooted in wisdom.

Camilla Verano: I don't intend to be wise; I can only be what I am.

Andrea Orsini: I asked to be taken to Duke Cesare Borgia.

Don Esteban: By his orders I sit in his seat.

Andrea Orsini: Well, sit lightly, my friend, lest you damage your brains.