A History of the Borgias Quotes

“The student of history knows no more refreshing recreation than that of nailing liars, like vermin, to the wall.”
― Frederick Rolfe, Chronicles of the House of Borgia

“Italy is, and always has been, a land of raw reality, of glittering light, of pure primary colour, of nature naked and not ashamed, of perfect transparent souls, of rapidest versatility, cleared mystery, ultimate simplicity, steel, and brains, and blood.”
― Frederick Rolfe, A History of the Borgias