The Earrings of Madame De... (1953)
Danielle Darrieux: Comtesse Louise de...
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Quotes
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Comtesse Louise de... : [praying for her lover who is about to go on a duel with her husband] Save him, dear saint. You know that we were guilty in thought only. And what are thoughts? Will you save him, my dear saint? I thank you in advance. Blessed be your name in heaven as on earth. Amen.
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Comtesse Louise de... : It's when we have the most to say that we can't speak.
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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.
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Comtesse Louise de... : I've answered all your letters, my love. But I never had the courage to mail my replies.
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Comtesse Louise de... : I detest the whole world. I want to be seen by you and you alone.
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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.
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Général André de... : What are you suffering from exactly?
Comtesse Louise de... : Humiliation.
Général André de... : Nothing's more quickly cured.
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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?
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Comtesse Louise de... : You see, I'm incorrigible. A frivolous liar. The woman I've become suffers because of the woman I was.
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[repeated lines]
Comtesse Louise de... : I don't love you, I don't love you...
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Comtesse Louise de... : First, you must promise to tell no one.
Monsieur Rémy : It's you ladies who bring us our gentlemen clients. Discretion is part of our profession.
Comtesse Louise de... : I assumed as much.
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Comtesse Louise de... : I'm in financial straits at the moment and I thought of selling these diamond earrings. You'd know their value better than anyone.
Monsieur Rémy : Particularly since I sold them to your husband.
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Monsieur Rémy : Does this sum seem reasonable?
Comtesse Louise de... : I'm hardly one to speak of reason.
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Général André de... : We'll be dining at home.
Comtesse Louise de... : Why? All your friends are waiting.
Général André de... : Your suitors annoy me. Each by himself is a bore. Together, they're insufferable.
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Comtesse Louise de... : Let's never speak of it again, all right?
Général André de... : Never! What's done is done.
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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...
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Baron Fabrizio Donati : Twenty-four hours without seeing you.
Comtesse Louise de... : It's torture, I know.
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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?
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Comtesse Louise de... : My earrings. Thanks to them, you were always at my side. They were my only comfort. I shall wear them always.
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Baron Fabrizio Donati : Ravishing.
Comtesse Louise de... : Don't these earrings make me look beautiful?
Baron Fabrizio Donati : Like they were made for you.
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Général André de... : Give me those earrings.
Comtesse Louise de... : Why?
Général André de... : You have your secrets and I have mine.
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Général André de... : Enough playacting. Learn to hide your feelings as well as you lie.
Comtesse Louise de... : Why did you ask for my earrings?
Général André de... : Let's go to the theater. I hear Sarah Bernhardt is wonderful.
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Comtesse Louise de... : He's an excellent shot! He'll kill you! It's suicide!
Baron Fabrizio Donati : Perhaps.
