Memorable quotes for
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) (TV) More at IMDbPro »

Phillipe: As the first born, am I not the rightful heir?
Colbert de Voliere: Right or wrong has little to do with this; it's a matter of political necessity.
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Phillipe: My heart, my life, are in these hands.
Louise de la Vallière: And both are safe and sound.
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D'Artagnan: I only have a handful of men. Brave musketeers, true, but not enough of them to take a fortress. But - we can always try.
Colbert de Voliere: Not by force, my friend. By cunning.
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Duval: What poet of antiquity first warned us to beware of Greeks bearing gifts?
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Phillipe: Did you know my father well, D'Artagnan?
D'Artagnan: Enough to love him ever.
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Fouquet: What a cunning vixen you have become, for one so innocent.
Louise de la Vallière: Necessity is my tutor, to my shame.
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Phillipe: Back there you called me "my lord", and you risked your own life to save mine. I must understand! What is it you want of me? Who am I?
[loses consciousness]
D'Artagnan: You, my prince, are the true King of France.
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Phillipe: Nightmares, nightmares! Dear God, bring me some sweet dreams!
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Phillipe: Is there no one I can trust?
Louise de la Vallière: None. You are a King.
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King Louis XIV: How shrewd you are, Colbert. Perhaps - too shrewd?
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D'Artagnan: Now I shall play the man in the iron mask. And Fouquet, the fool.
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D'Artagnan: He's haunted by the mystery, it would be an act of mercy to let him know.
Colbert de Voliere: We must say nothing yet.
D'Artagnan: We should tell him his true identity.
Colbert de Voliere: You and I are flirting with high treason, my friend. Let Phillipe remain ignorant for his own sake, as well as our own. The rack can loosen any man's tongue - even that of a Prince.
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Phillipe: What are you?
Fouquet: A Minister.
Phillipe: Not of the Church, I'll be bound.
Fouquet: Perhaps I missed my vocation.
Phillipe: The Church should thank God.
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Colbert de Voliere: We must not act
[looks meaningfully at D'Artagnan]
Colbert de Voliere: impetuously.
D'Artagnan: Impetuously!
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Colbert de Voliere: The King, Fouquet, is dead. Long live the King.
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King Louis XIV: Our ballet has bored you, my dear?
Louise de la Vallière: Your majesty misconstrues.
King Louis XIV: Give us your opinion then.
Louise de la Vallière: Very nice.
King Louis XIV: Nice. We are overwhelmed by your praise.
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Fouquet: But please, don't let me interrupt your exercise.
D'Artagnan: Nonsense, it's a welcome intrusion for an aging swordsman.
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King Louis XIV: You find a simple flower more beautiful than our creation?
Louise de la Vallière: Only in that its beauty is natural, not painted on or contrived.
King Louis XIV: There
[shreds her flower to pieces]
King Louis XIV: you see how transitory your natural beauty is.
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D'Artagnan: If you are to rule this great nation, you must learn restraint. Keep cool in battle, or in sports. Be angry - but in cold blood.
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