The Borgias (TV Series)

World of Wonders (2012)

François Arnaud: Cesare Borgia

Quotes 

• Niccolo Machiavelli : [Watching an accused witch being burned at the stake]  If angels can fall from Heaven into Hell, then so we can all. The demon waits to devour us.

  Cesare Borgia : Then go wrestle with the demon we must.

• Cesare Borgia : Father. The friar, Savonarola, he's been disgraced. The people of Florence celebrate.

  Rodrigo Borgia : Ah! We greet this good news with caution. Has he confessed?

  Cesare Borgia : He will. He's being hauled to Rome as we speak.

  Rodrigo Borgia : Oh, so all is not yet won.

  Cesare Borgia : Father, when the rack embraces him, he will confess.

  Rodrigo Borgia : But he must be seem to be guilty hence the need for his confession. The people must understand that no one is at liberty to impugn the office of the papacy. No one! And he must sign his confession and then...

  Cesare Borgia : And then we will put him to the fire.

  Rodrigo Borgia : A public spectacle. And no relics must remain.