A Man For All Seasons Quotes
A Man For All Seasons Quotes
RICHARD RICH
More: Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world… but for Wales? -95
Rich: I would be steadfast.
More: Richard, you couldn’t answer for yourself even so far as tonight. -38
Rich: I’m lamenting. I’ve lost my innocence. -44
Cromwell: You lost that some time ago. If you’ve only just noticed, it can’t have been very important to you.
Rich: But every man has his price! -2
Rich: I’m adrift. Help me. -38
More: That’s a nice gown you have, Richard. -66
More: In good faith, Rich, I am sorrier for your perjury than my peril. – 94
Rich: If only you knew how much much more I would rather yours than his. -7
Rich: A friend of Sir Thomas and still no office… -3
COMMON MAN
Man: Better a live rat than a dead lion. -75
Man: The great things not to get out of your depth…Oh, when I can’t touch the bottom I’ll go blind, deaf and dumb. -25
Man: I’m a plain, simple man, and I just want to keep out of trouble. -88
Man: A bit of black material to reduce Old Adam to the Common Man. -1
Man: It isn’t difficult to keep alive, friends, just don’t make trouble – or if you must make trouble, make the sort of trouble that’s expected. Well, I don’t need to tell you that. -100
THOMAS MORE
More: Well…I believe, when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties…they lead their country by a short route to chaos. -12
More: But man He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of his mind. -74
More: Can I help my King by giving him lies when he asks for truth? -93
More: Yes, I’d give the Devil the benefits of the law, for my own safety’s sake. -39
More: But what matters to me is not whether it’s true of not but that I believe it to be true, or rather not that I BELIEVE it, but that I believe it…
More: When we stand before God, and you are sent to Paradise for doing according to your conscience… -78
More: If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable… - 83
More: When
RICHARD RICH
More: Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world… but for Wales? -95
Rich: I would be steadfast.
More: Richard, you couldn’t answer for yourself even so far as tonight. -38
Rich: I’m lamenting. I’ve lost my innocence. -44
Cromwell: You lost that some time ago. If you’ve only just noticed, it can’t have been very important to you.
Rich: But every man has his price! -2
Rich: I’m adrift. Help me. -38
More: That’s a nice gown you have, Richard. -66
More: In good faith, Rich, I am sorrier for your perjury than my peril. – 94
Rich: If only you knew how much much more I would rather yours than his. -7
Rich: A friend of Sir Thomas and still no office… -3
COMMON MAN
Man: Better a live rat than a dead lion. -75
Man: The great things not to get out of your depth…Oh, when I can’t touch the bottom I’ll go blind, deaf and dumb. -25
Man: I’m a plain, simple man, and I just want to keep out of trouble. -88
Man: A bit of black material to reduce Old Adam to the Common Man. -1
Man: It isn’t difficult to keep alive, friends, just don’t make trouble – or if you must make trouble, make the sort of trouble that’s expected. Well, I don’t need to tell you that. -100
THOMAS MORE
More: Well…I believe, when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties…they lead their country by a short route to chaos. -12
More: But man He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of his mind. -74
More: Can I help my King by giving him lies when he asks for truth? -93
More: Yes, I’d give the Devil the benefits of the law, for my own safety’s sake. -39
More: But what matters to me is not whether it’s true of not but that I believe it to be true, or rather not that I BELIEVE it, but that I believe it…
More: When we stand before God, and you are sent to Paradise for doing according to your conscience… -78
More: If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable… - 83
More: When