The Earrings of Madame De... (1953)

Vittorio De Sica: Baron Fabrizio Donati

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• Général André de... : Believe me, she'll find you very entertaining. But, I'm warning you: She's a incorrigible flirt.

  Baron Fabrizio Donati : Really?

  Général André de... : She' an expert at dashing men's hopes. You know, torture through hope.

• Comtesse Louise de... : I must warn you. They say I'm a terrible flirt.

  Baron Fabrizio Donati : I don't believe it.

  Comtesse Louise de... : I'm not aware of it, so there is nothing I can do.

• Comtesse Louise de... : Can you forgive me? Not right away, of course, but one day you will.

  Baron Fabrizio Donati : I'd like to, and even hope to, but it will be difficult. I'm trying my best, yet I'm no longer here. I'm no longer with you, Louise.

• Comtesse Louise de... : How can you fight over a crazy woman like me? I'm not worth it. I"m not even pretty anymore.

  Baron Fabrizio Donati : You're prettier than ever.

  Comtesse Louise de... : Really?

• Baron Fabrizio Donati : Will we meet again?

  Comtesse Louise de... : Certainly. Fate is on our side.

  Baron Fabrizio Donati : I'm not so sure! My name is Fabrizio Donati!

  Comtesse Louise de... : [riding away in a carriage]  And I am Madame de...

• Baron Fabrizio Donati : Four days without seeing you. Does no one in Paris dance anymore?

• Baron Fabrizio Donati : Two days without seeing you. My secretary complains that I'm a nervous wreck.

• Baron Fabrizio Donati : Twenty-four hours without seeing you.

  Comtesse Louise de... : It's torture, I know.

• Baron Fabrizio Donati : I beg your pardon for this morning. I'm not a very good horseman.

  Général André de... : It didn't show. You pranced like D'Artagnan himself.

• Baron Fabrizio Donati : Why are you leaving?

  Comtesse Louise de... : Why shouldn't I?

  Baron Fabrizio Donati : Where are you going?

  Comtesse Louise de... : The Italian lakes.

  Baron Fabrizio Donati : Without me?

  Comtesse Louise de... : Once I'm there, I'll wonder why I ever left.

  Baron Fabrizio Donati : Then, why go?

  Comtesse Louise de... : Yes, why?

• Baron Fabrizio Donati : Ravishing.

  Comtesse Louise de... : Don't these earrings make me look beautiful?

  Baron Fabrizio Donati : Like they were made for you.

• Général André de... : Constantinople?

  Baron Fabrizio Donati : Yes.

  Général André de... : Beautiful city. Beautiful women. Beautiful jewels.

• Baron Fabrizio Donati : You were saying? I've gotten a bit lost in all your stories.

• Comtesse Louise de... : He's an excellent shot! He'll kill you! It's suicide!

  Baron Fabrizio Donati : Perhaps.