Our 5 Favorite Quotes from last season’s The Borgias 5. Cesare Borgia to Florentine diplomat after the falling-out between the Florentine signoria & Vitellozo Vitelli: “My task is not to tyrannize, but to destroy tyrants.” 4. “During the siege at the castle outside Viana shortly before Cesare died on 12 March 1507 he was reported as saying [...]