Paolo

The Borgias 2×2

& Borgia: We had a dream... We were a trinity upon this bed last night.
    Giulia Farnese: What if there was no dream?.. And we were three indeed.

& Giulia Farnese: Shall I be whipped for my offence?
    Borgia: You should be bound and whipped and ravaged.
    Giulia Farnese: When?
    Borgia: Often.

& Paolo: There is such wealth in evidence here, my lady. How could anybody starve?
    Beatrice: There is wealth, of course. But we starve. Whilst Lucrezia Borgia dines on a silver plate. With a fork. You have heard of a fork, Paolo?
    Paolo: No, my lady.
    Beatrice: It is all the rage now. And I’ll bet Lucrezia Borgia dines with a fork of solid gold.

& Borgia: Well, riddle me this. When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?

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& Borgia: We will have you, Giulia Farnese, go through their curatorial accounts. And ensure that money for the poor actually reaches the poor.
    Giulia Farnese: Will I have your full authority?
    Borgia: You will. And we shall set ourselves another task... To rid this city of its infestation of pigeons!

& Borgia: You have been in charge of the office of public works for how many years?
    Cardinal Versucci: As long as I have been cardinal, Your Holiness.
    Borgia: Ah. Two decades, then. After which time the orphans of Rome find themselves destitute, and the cardinal has built himself how many palaces?
    Cardinal Versucci: Three..?
    Borgia: You see the irony there?

& Giulia Farnese: There is a new method, Cardinal, devised by the Florentine bankers... It is called double-entry book keeping. It proves a valuable tool in tracing all missing funds.

& Della Rovere: Forgive me, Sister. Sometimes goodness needs the help of a little badness.

& Vanozza: Your father is the pope of love.

& Micheletto: Tell me. Love. What does it feel like?
    Paolo: It hurts.
    Micheletto: Ah, like life. Yes?.. Like Micheletto.

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