War & Peace (TV Series)
Part Four: A Letter and Two Proposals (1972)
Angela Down: Princess Maria Bolkonskya
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Quotes
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Princess Maria Bolkonskya : Oh God. How can I stifle these feelings I have in me? I want him. I don't know him and yet I want him. To hold and caress. And perhaps, a child to nurse at my breast.
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Prince Bolkonsky : What have you done to yourself?
Princess Maria Bolkonskya : Nothing, Papa.
Prince Bolkonsky : Was it for our guests that you've got yourself up like that?
Princess Maria Bolkonskya : What do you mean, Papa?
Prince Bolkonsky : Now you have done your hair in a new style for visitors, and before visitors, I tell you, never to do that again without my consent.
Amelie Bourienne : It was my fault, mon pere.
Prince Bolkonsky : You may do as you like, but she doesn't have to make a clown of herself. She's plain enough without that.
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Princess Maria Bolkonskya : My purpose is a different one. My purpose is to be happy in the happiness of others.
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Princess Maria Bolkonskya : No. One must not give way to one's passions. One must not be helplessly borne along by them. The mind must constantly temper the heart. No matter the cost. We know the right, and must cling to it.