Paolo Bonacelli: Il duca
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Quotes
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The Duke : We Fascists are the only true anarchists, naturally, once we're masters of the state. In fact, the one true anarchy is that of power.
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The Duke : Within a budding grove, the girls think but of love. Hear the radio, drinking tea and to hell with being free. They've no idea the bourgeoisie has never hesitated to kill its children.
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The Duke : It is when I see others degraded that I rejoice knowing it is better to be me than the scum of "the people". Whenever men are equal, without that difference, happiness cannot exist. So you wouldn't aid the humble, the unhappy. In all the world no voluptuousness flatters the senses more than social privilege.
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The Duke : [Renata is crying] Are you crying for your mama? Come, I'll console you! Come here to me!
The President : [singing] Come, little darling to your good daddy / He'll sing you a lullaby
The Duke : Heavens, what an opportunity you offer me. Sra Maggi's tale must be acted upon at once.
Female Victim : Sir, Sir. Pity. Respect my grief. I'm suffering so, at my mother's fate. She died for me and I'll never see her again.
The Duke : Undress her.
Female Victim : Kill me! At least God, whom I implore, will pity me. Kill me, but don't dishonor me.
The Duke : This whining's the most exciting thing I've ever heard.
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[first lines]
[four men, sitting at a table, each sign a booklet]
The Duke : Your Excellency.
The Magistrate : Mr. President.
The President : My lord.
The Bishop : All's good if it's excessive.
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The Duke : Dear friends, marrying each other's daughters will unite our destinies for ever.
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The Duke : I remember I once had a mother too, who aroused similar feelings in me. As soon as I could, I sent her to the next world. I have never known such subtle pleasure as when she closed her eyes for the last time.
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The Duke : This howling is the most exciting thing I have ever heard.
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The Duke : The limit of love is always needing an accomplice!
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The Duke : [singing] On the bridge of Perati, there flies a black flag, the mourning of the Julian regiment that goes to war. On the bridge of Perati, there flies a black flag. The best young men lie under the earth.
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Signora Maggi : I grew tired of my Mother's criticisms, so I killed her.
The Duke : That was clearly the only intelligent thing to do.
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The Duke : The obscene gesticulation is like deaf-mute's language, with a code none of us, despite unrestrained caprice, can transgress.
