Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Greta Scacchi: Maria Cosway
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Quotes
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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!
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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.
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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.