Francisco De Medicis Monologue from The White Devil

From The White Devil by John Webster

male · contemplative · 55 sec

'Tis a ridiculous thing for a man to be his own chronicle: I did never wash my mouth with mine own praise, for fear of getting a stinking breath. (Marc: You 're too stoical. The duke will expect other discourse from you.) I shall never flatter him: I have studied man too much to do that. What difference is between the duke and I? no more than between two bricks, all made of one clay: only 't may be one is placed in top of a turret, the other in the bottom of a well, by mere chance. If I were placed as high as the duke, I should stick as fast, make as fair a show, and bear out weather equally.

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