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

Themes: Classical, Comedy, Rejection, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor
Length: 1 Minute
Gender: Male

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.