"Volpone" Quotes
A wealthy Venetian pretends to be on his deathbed to trick greedy acquaintances into competing for his inheritance.
plays | 208 pages | Published in 1606
Quotes
Good morning to the day; and next, my gold!
greedwealth
It is the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.
musicflattery
It is not the fashion to see the lady the first day of her coming.
fashionetiquette
He wears a Colt’s tooth in his left ear.
insultgossip
I am not in health, I am not in plight.
healthdenial
Why do you make yourself so wild a tempest?
angerdrama
O, how this man is faln from estimation!
disappointmentregret
He is an epicure, a statesman, and a scholar.
personalitycompliment
What a rare punishment is avarice to itself!
greedpunishment
Give me a court where I may fairly plead my faith!
justicetrial
