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I am not a jealous man (The Merry Wives of Windsor)

Updated 27 July 2024

Falstaff humorously expresses his determination not to be jealous or overly devoted to any woman, despite his intentions to marry.

I am not a jealous man: but I am not a gold-digger’s man; I have all the signs of a good husband, and yet I am very well away. I will be married tomorrow: I will think the worst of you all! but I will not be hanged if I will be unfaithful! I have lived too long in the world: no, Beatrice, I will get me a wife: but will I live longer in this world? As it is, I do not care: if the lady be fair, she shall find me in an affectionate good nature; but if she prove honest, I will suffer her, even if she were my wife. I will be hanged if I will bear any letter for her; I will keep no stable, nor will I be footman to her husband.

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