“The Scarlet Pimpernel” quotes

“- Sir Percy Blakeney: The pretty thing rhymes in four places, don't you see? And if a rhyme rhymes, it makes a poem, if you follow me.
- The Prince Regent: As if it were crystal clear... my dear!”

Anthony Andrews - Sir Percy Blakeney
Julian Fellowes - The Prince Regent

“Ceased? I will love her to the day I die. That is the tragedy.”

Anthony Andrews - Sir Percy Blakeney

“- Sir Percy Blakeney: If I were to tell you that I adore you, would you have me do so stintingly?
- Marguerite St. Just: Adore me?
- Sir Percy Blakeney: Or would you have me declare it as I feel it, with all my heart?”
Anthony Andrews - Sir Percy Blakeney
Jane Seymour - Marguerite St. Just

“- Chauvelin: I am pleased to see that you have come to your senses.
- Count de Tournay: You left me little choice.
- Chauvelin: That was the general idea.”
Sir Ian McKellen - Chauvelin
Denis Lill - Count de Tournay

“An oath to a scoundrel is meaningless.”
Sir Ian McKellen - Chauvelin

“What has poor Armand done to be condemned to matrimony?”
Anthony Andrews - Sir Percy Blakeney

“They knew that your tears would be the worst possible torture.”
Anthony Andrews - Sir Percy Blakeney

“- Countess de Tournay: Can you deny that, Lady Blakeney?
- Marguerite St. Just: I refuse to confirm or deny such accusations. For this is no trial - and you are no judge.
- Countess de Tournay: True, Madame. God will be your judge.”

Ann Firbank - Countess de Tournay
Jane Seymour - Marguerite St. Just

“- Armand St. Just: You used me.
- Chauvelin: Yes. And as long as you are here to serve the committee, I shall continue to use you.”
Malcolm Jamieson - Armand St. Just
Sir Ian McKellen - Chauvelin

“You must tell me all about yourself, in every detail, but oh, so slowly, so very slowly, so that it takes a very, very long time.”

Anthony Andrews - Sir Percy Blakeney

“- Sir Percy Blakeney: The only power that I can see at present, mademoiselle, is the power of your beauty.
- Marguerite St. Just: Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Sir Percy.
- Sir Percy Blakeney: This beholder is enchanted.”
Anthony Andrews - Sir Percy Blakeney
Jane Seymour - Marguerite St. Just

“Let that be a lesson to you, sir. Never take anyone for granted.”
Anthony Andrews - Sir Percy Blakeney

“I see now what begins as a dream can end as a nightmare. Some causes can become warped and twisted, like some men.”
Jane Seymour - Marguerite St. Just

“- Marguerite St. Just: I don't know whether you're mad, or...
- Sir Percy Blakeney: Desperately in love? 'Tis all the same. Tell me, if you can, that you do not feel it, too.”
Jane Seymour - Marguerite St. Just
Anthony Andrews - Sir Percy Blakeney

“- Sir Percy Blakeney: If we are to succeed, we must maintain our anonymity, mask our identities. Even if it means suffering the mockery of others. Being taken for fools, fops, nitwits, even cowards.
- Lord Timothy Hastings: That's the easy part. The hard part's not being able to boast about our exploits to the ladies.”
Anthony Andrews - Sir Percy Blakeney
Mark Drewry - Lord Timothy Hastings