Quotes

Dialogue

Veronica Franco: There's not a man in Venice I can't have. Marco Venier: And there's not a woman in Venice I can't have. Veronica Franco: You cannot have me.

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Marco Venier: Do you not like my kiss? Veronica Franco: I wish it were not a sin to have liked it so. Marco Venier: God made sin that we might know his mercy.

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Marco Venier: I see my fated stars your eyes, they melt me as the sun does snow. I bought this in Rome - for you. Veronica Franco: You didn't buy it for me. Marco Venier: Yes, I did, I just didn't know it. Veronica Franco: Such a gift might be easily taken back again. Marco Venier: Then name me any other gift. Veronica Franco: The book will do for now. Marco Venier: I think you're perhaps too young to accept what I would truly give you. Veronica Franco: I'm not so young as you are vain!

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Marco Venier: [Drunkenly] Veronica! Veronica! Veronica, my little poetesse. You’re the brightest star in the Venetian firn’ment - the coldest and yet the brightest. Veronica - my uncle tells me I have the feigned indifference of a man (a pause when Veronica's patron walks out behind her) about to be married. I’m getting married Veronica congratulate me. Veronica Franco: Felicitations on your grand match! Marco Venier: Ah - Generously put - Veronica Franco: Do you love her? Marco Venier: Do I have to?

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Maffio Venier: It must be interesting to be in a room full of men, most of whom you've seen with their pants down. Veronica Franco: Puts it all in some kind of perspective.