Jefferson in Paris (1995)

Greta Scacchi: Maria Cosway

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• Maria Cosway : That's how it is here. People play at love. It's not serious. It is different in Italy. There, we kill for it!

• Thomas Jefferson : I kept having a debate between my head and my heart.

  Maria Cosway : Which in your case, the head always wins.

  Thomas Jefferson : Not this time. My poor head was simply whirled around by my unruly heart.

  Maria Cosway : Oh-dear-God.

  Thomas Jefferson : It kept telling me I love the lady and will continue to love her forever. If she were on one side of the globe and I on the other, I would pierce through the whole mass of the world to reach her.

• Thomas Jefferson : The best way of being secure against pain is to retire within ourselves and to suffice for our own happiness.

  Maria Cosway : Nobody cares for him who cares for nobody.

  Thomas Jefferson : A wise man will only depend on himself.