Sharpe's Rifles
1993 (TV)
Teresa: We have two ears, but only one mouth; so a good leader will listen twice as much as he shouts.
Richard Sharpe: Gimme a pick-lock, Cooper. Cooper: Pick-lock, sir? Catch me with a pick-lock! Patrick Harper: They did, Coop. But when you got out of Newgate prison, you got another set, and that's the one the officer wants. Cooper: Do I get it back, sir? Richard Sharpe: Trust me. Cooper: It's very hard to trust a man who wants to borrow your pick-lock, sir.
Teresa: If you were French, I would take a knife and you would tell me all I wanted to know. Richard Sharpe: But we are allies. Teresa: Allies? Do allies keep secrets from each other? Richard Sharpe: Lovers keep secrets from each other, yet they still make love.
Patrick Harper: Now there's a woman worth fighting dirty for, sir.
Patrick Harper: Sweet is the silent mouth, Cooper. Cooper: Didn't say a word, did I?
Patrick Harper: There are two kinds of officers, sir: killin' officers and murderin' officers. Killin' officers are poor old buggers that get you killed by mistake. Murderin' officers are mad, bad, old buggers that get you killed on purpose -- for a country, for a religion, maybe even for a flag. You see that Major Hogan, sir? That's what I call a murderin' officer.
(Sharpe is asking his men about their pasts) Sharpe: Well? Harris: Harris. From Wheatley in Oxfordshire. Sharpe: And previously? Harris: A courtier to my lord Bacchus and an unremitting debtor. Sharpe: You're a rake and a wastrel, Harris. Is there anything you *can* do? Harris: I can read, sir.