The Borgias Quotes

“As to the new pope, scarcely had he completed the formalities of etiquette which his exaltation imposed upon him, and paid to each man the price of his simony, when from the height of the Vatican he cast his eyes upon Europe, a vast political game of chess, which he cherished the hope of directing at the will of his own genius.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Borgias Celebrated Crimes

“The subjects which he has chosen, however, are of both historic and dramatic importance, and they have the added value of giving the modern reader a clear picture of the state of semi-lawlessness which existed in Europe, during the middle ages.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Borgias Celebrated Crimes

“these groups followed some solitary passer-by, hurrying his steps; one after another the doors were closed, one after”
― Alexandre Dumas Père, The Borgias Celebrated Crimes

“and he began to preach once more in the cathedral, with a success that was all the greater for the interruption, and an influence far more formidable than before, because it was strengthened by that sympathy of the masses which an unjust persecution always inspires.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Borgias

“The Imperial throne was occupied by Frederic III, who had been rightly named the Peaceful, not for the reason that he had always maintained peace, but because, having constantly been beaten, he had always been forced to make it.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Borgias