The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series)
A Scandal in Bohemia (1984)
Jeremy Brett: Sherlock Holmes
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Quotes
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Sherlock Holmes : She is a lovely woman, Watson, with a face that a man might die for.
Dr. John Watson : "A face a man might die for?" Unusual language for you, Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes : A metaphor, Watson, nothing else.
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Sherlock Holmes : I am lost without my Boswell.
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Sherlock Holmes : You don't mind breaking the law?
Dr. John Watson : Not in the least.
Sherlock Holmes : Nor running the chance of arrest?
Dr. John Watson : Not in a good cause.
Sherlock Holmes : Oh, the cause is excellent.
Dr. John Watson : Well, then I am your man.
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Sherlock Holmes : [undercover] It is but shallow and the concussion wears off.
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King of Bohemia : What a woman! What a queen she would have made! Is it not a pity she was not on my level?
Sherlock Holmes : From what I have seen of the lady, yes indeed, she is on a very different level to your Majesty.
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Sherlock Holmes : My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems; give me work. Give me the most abstruse cryptogram, the most intricate analysis, and I'm in my proper atmosphere. Then I can dispense with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave mental exultation. That is why I have chosen my own profession, or rather, created it, for I am the only one in the world.
Dr. John Watson : The only unofficial detective?
Sherlock Holmes : The only unofficial consulting detective.
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Sherlock Holmes : It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
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Sherlock Holmes : [undercover] I am so sorry, I think I'm going to faint.
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Dr. John Watson : [Watson and a disguised Holmes travel by hansom cab to Irene Adler's home to retrieve a compromising photograph] Well, the question is, where to find the photograph? I mean, the house has twice been burgled.
Sherlock Holmes : Ah, she was too clever for them. She is a remarkable woman.
Dr. John Watson : Well, they must have searched very thoroughly.
Sherlock Holmes : *They* did not know how to look.
Dr. John Watson : And how will you look?
Sherlock Holmes : I shall not look.
Dr. John Watson : What, then?
Sherlock Holmes : I will allow her to show me.
Dr. John Watson : [bursts out laughing] But she'll refuse!
Sherlock Holmes : She will not be able to. Ah, we draw near the scene of action. We had better walk from here.
[knocks on the ceiling of the cab]
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Sherlock Holmes : Was there a secret marriage?
King of Bohemia : None.
Sherlock Holmes : No legal papers or certificates?
King of Bohemia : None.
Sherlock Holmes : Then I fail to follow your Majesty. If the person should produce your letters for blackmailing or other purposes, how is she to prove their authenticity?
King of Bohemia : There is the writing.
Sherlock Holmes : Pooh, pooh! Forgery!
King of Bohemia : My private writing paper.
Sherlock Holmes : Stolen!
King of Bohemia : My own seal.
Sherlock Holmes : Imitated!
King of Bohemia : My photograph.
Sherlock Holmes : Bought!
King of Bohemia : [slowly saying] We... were both in... the photograph.
Sherlock Holmes : Oh dear, dear, dear. Yes, that is very bad. Your Majesty has certainly committed an indiscretion.
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Sherlock Holmes : Only a German is so uncourteous to his verbs.
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Sherlock Holmes : There's money in this case, Watson, if there's nothing else.