Sharpe (TV Series)
Sharpe's Peril (2008)
Sean Bean: Col. Richard Sharpe
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Quotes
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Marie-Angelique Bonnet : [First lines] You, soldier. Dance with me.
Richard Sharpe : I do not dance.
Marie-Angelique Bonnet : Do not, sir? Or cannot?
Richard Sharpe : Will not.
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Richard Sharpe : Will they fight?
Chitu : They are *farmers*.
Richard Sharpe : So were I once. - There comes a time a man has to decide whether he *stands* to protect what he holds dear or bows himself under another's will.
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Maharani Padmini : That's enough, Sergeant, you must come back to your bed now.
Richard Sharpe : When a Princess says she wants you back in bed, you'd best step to, Sergeant!
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Richard Sharpe : Sooner an honest murderer, than a man should steal from his mates.
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Major Tredinnick : Colonel! What's this man's father to you?
Richard Sharpe : He killed my wife! He killed her, and left our daughter motherless!
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Marie-Angelique Bonnet : You are rude and ignorant and an uncouth brute!
Richard Sharpe : And you, madam, are a spoiled, willful, petulant, and selfish young fool!
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Richard Sharpe : [Wants to kill Hakeswill's son] Stand aside Pat.
Patrick Harper : Can't let you do it.
Richard Sharpe : Stand aside, damn you!
Patrick Harper : You'll have to put me down first.
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Richard Sharpe : I was raised up from the ranks, Wormwood. You know what that means?
Wormwood : It means you done a feat, sir. Usually.
Richard Sharpe : It also means I know every dirty soldier's trick in the book.
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Patrick Harper : Dragomirov's troops are well seasoned. And what's more, they outnumber us 6 to 1.
Richard Sharpe : Good rifleman's odds.
Patrick Harper : Aye. Except we got no bloody riflemen!
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Sir Henry Simmerson : [to Sharpe, reluctantly] It would appear I owe you my life.
Richard Sharpe : We all make mistakes, Sir Henry!
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Richard Sharpe : If it's gratitude you're after, you've joined the wrong army.
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Marie-Angelique Bonnet : You mean to leave me here? In the company of common soldiers!
Richard Sharpe : Good practice, I'd have thought. You're set to marry one aren't you?
Marie-Angelique Bonnet : Major Joubert is a gentleman.
Richard Sharpe : Aye, well God help him.
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Marie-Angelique Bonnet : At least I won't be kept awake by your snoring.
Richard Sharpe : I don't snore.
Marie-Angelique Bonnet : Like a cart horse!
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Richard Sharpe : Where the hell do you think you're about?
Marie-Angelique Bonnet : I wanted to ride.
Richard Sharpe : I can see that!
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Richard Sharpe : For once in your life do as you're damn well told!
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Marie-Angelique Bonnet : Have you killed many men? - Did they deserve it?
Richard Sharpe : Some. But most were just poor soldiers who happened to wear a different uniform from me.
Marie-Angelique Bonnet : But in a just cause?
Richard Sharpe : I'm not sure I ever heard of one! - War is the business of kings, Miss. Kings and governments. However they dress it, in the end, the whys and the wherefores come down to one thing: Loot. Booty. Treasure. - Us soldiers, we just do the dying for them!
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Marie-Angelique Bonnet : You are rude, sir! You are a rude and ignorant and uncouth brute!
Richard Sharpe : And you, madam, are a spoiled, willful, petulant and selfish young fool! - Now get on your mount and follow me back! Or will you have me *carry* you?
Marie-Angelique Bonnet : You would not dare...
[sees the look on Sharpe's face]
Marie-Angelique Bonnet : - I was done with my ride anyway!
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Major Joubert : [calling for his soldiers, in French] Soldats!
Richard Sharpe : Your men are dead, Joubert. It's just you and me now.
Major Joubert : [raising his pistol] No. Only me...!
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Richard Sharpe : It was either him or me, and I'm glad it weren't me. - If it's any comfort, he got no more or less than his deserving!
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Richard Sharpe : Stay here and keep outside.
Marie-Angelique Bonnet : I will do no such thing!
Richard Sharpe : For once in your life, do as you're told!
[after she disobeyed him and followed him, so he had to save her from attackers]
Richard Sharpe : I told you to *stay put*!
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Dragomirov : [in camp, alarmed at the sound] Sh! Horses!
Patrick Harper : [gets up, takes his rifle and calls the men to arms] Company! Stand to!
[the soldiers form line and wait, ready to fire their guns]
Richard Sharpe : [appears on horseback, together with the rescued Marie Angelique, facing all the rifles aimed at them] I weren't expecting *flags*, but I thought to find a warmer welcome than *this*!
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Richard Sharpe : *One blade*, Dragomirov - warranted never to fail!
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Richard Sharpe : Like as not, Dragomirov will be upon us tomorrow. It's here or nowhere.
Patrick Harper : Ah, it's as fine a place as any. - Though I had hoped to see Ramona again.
Richard Sharpe : And shall, Pat. And *shall*!
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Richard Sharpe : [commenting on people changing] Nothing wrong with *me*!
Patrick Harper : Amen to that!
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Patrick Harper : We bound for home?
Richard Sharpe : Aye. Maybe this time we'll get there!
[They ride off together]
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Wormwood : [suggesting to kill Simmerson in the hospital] It might be... 'kindness' to end his suffering, sir! - I served once in a company that was wiped out by his orders. He's a stupid, malicious bastard!
Richard Sharpe : Aye! But he's my stupid, malicious bastard. And I say he lives.
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Richard Sharpe : How a man counts upon the eye, Mr. Beauclaire, means less than nothing. It's what's in his heart that counts!
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Richard Sharpe : He won you at cards?
Marie-Angelique Bonnet : An unusual way to find a husband, I grant, but... a shooish reputation does not encourage eligible suitors to a woman's door!
Richard Sharpe : 'Headstrong', maybe. But 'shooish', no. I would not call you *that*.
Marie-Angelique Bonnet : You called me *worse*!
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Richard Sharpe : I am no longer in the service of His Majesty. My business in India concluded, I am for Calcutta to England.
Viscount Sedgefield : I cannot persuade you? Well perhaps then, you might at least be prevailed upon to perform one last duty? In which case I assure you there is no peril to yourself.
Richard Sharpe : Aye. If I can.
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Richard Sharpe : [Preparing to bleed a horse] Keep the bugger still, Pat!
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Richard Sharpe : Just when it seemed to be going so well...
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Richard Sharpe : These people were farmers, Pat. No threat to anyone. Where's the profit in it?