Quills : La plume et le sang (2000)

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Abbé du Coulmier: All we can do is guard against our own corruption.

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Madeleine LeClerc: Why?
Abbé du Coulmier: They incite us to act on what we should not.... cannot.

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Renee Pelagie: I beg to differ, you work in a madhouse. Your every walking moment is governed by the insane.

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Dr. Royer-Collard: Of course.
Renee Pelagie: Once, long ago in the folly of youth, he made me love him.

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Simone: I've memorized it. Would you like me to recite?
Prouix, the Architect: There comes a time in a young lady's life when she has to cast books aside, and learn from experience.
Simone: That, Monsieur, requires a teacher.

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Prouix, the Architect: And then I beg you, on the bearskin rug in his study. And finally, as a crowning gesture, we'll leave puddles of love on the Peruvian marble.

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Madeleine LeClerc: It's a hard day's wages slaving away for madmen, what I've seen in life - it takes a lot to hold my interest.

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Abbé du Coulmier: By whom? The Marquis?
Madeleine LeCleric: Mother's not half so blind as you.

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Abbé du Coulmier: No. Put frankly, I never expect to sleep again.

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