Prince of Foxes (1949)

Tyrone Power: Andrea Orsini

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• 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.