Truth and Lies

The Borgias 2×8

& Rodrigo Borgia: ...what should have been a glorious victory is an ignominious defeat.

& Rodrigo Borgia: You will return... to Florence once more and it will be as if God’s vicar himself stands before him.
    Cesare: If it is your wish, Holy Father.
    Rodrigo Borgia: Not ours alone, Cesare... Remember, it is God’s work that we do.

& Rodrigo Borgia: Somewhere in here, it is written that we have the power to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon this friar. A God-given power to condemn him to Hell. A ritual... Ah!

& Doctor: Relief is at hand. Here is a medicament much appreciated by our Roman ancestors, an extraction of homegrown efflorescence.
    Juan: Tell me what it does.
    Doctor: It has long been known to relieve pain... and it also calms disturbances of the bowel.
    Juan: And let us not forget my privy member.
    Doctor: I have often thought that a fortune might be made by its export...
    Juan: What’s it called?
vDoctor: It’s commonly called opium. Uh, sometimes it is referred to as the tears of the poppy.
    Juan: How very poetic.

& Rodrigo Borgia: Do you know what is more poisonous than failure in war or politics? Ridicule!

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& Della Rovere: If goodness places itself in the service of badness, does it still deserve the name?..

& Lucrezia: I cannot decide.
    Vanozza: Choose.
    Lucrezia: This is torrone with hazelnuts. And this is canditi.
    Vanozza: Yes.
    Lucrezia: I love them both.
    Vanozza: Then which one will you eat?
    Lucrezia: I don’t know. ....
    Vanozza: You are a Borgia. You can have both, Lucrezia Borgia.
    Lucrezia: Now I see the game. It is a game of love— and lust.
    Vanozza: And marriage.
    Lucrezia: Which is Raffaello and which is Calvino?
    Vanozza: It doesn’t matter. That’s the point of the game. Have both. Marry one and have the other. Have them one at a time or two together, it’s no matter. After a while you will tire of both and take a lover... Lucrezia, look at me. Look me in the eye. Eat... And now the other.
    Lucrezia: Mm. Delicious.
    Vanozza: There. You see. There’s room for two.

& Lucrezia: Torrone morbido or canditi. Which would you have?
    Raffaello di Genova: I like them both.
    Lucrezia: Ah. So have both.

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