The Three Musketeers (1973)
Charlton Heston: Cardinal Richelieu
Quotes
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Cardinal Richelieu : Who is the man that accuses you?
Bonacieux : [Rochefort enters and Bonacieux points at him] That! That is the man!
Count Rochefort : Take him away.
Bonacieux : That is *not* the man!
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Rochefort : I failed. One does occasionally.
Cardinal Richelieu : If I blundered as you do, my head would fall.
Rochefort : I would say from a greater height than mine, Eminence.
Cardinal Richelieu : You would?
Rochefort : The height of vaulting ambition.
Cardinal Richelieu : You have none?
Rochefort : No.
Cardinal Richelieu : Do you fear me, Rochefort?
Rochefort : Yes, I fear you, Eminence. I also hate you.
Cardinal Richelieu : I love you, my son. Even when you fail.
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Cardinal Richelieu : They have won, we have lost. The point, that is; the game continues.
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Lady de Winter : Your Eminence is a great player - great enough to lose. I do not like to lose.
Cardinal Richelieu : You must suit yourself, Milady. But if in the end you should, do it with a becoming grace.
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Cardinal Richelieu : [referring to Anne of Austria] Her Majesty's beauty attracts all manner of worship... and worshippers. But her virtue is beyond question.
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Cardinal Richelieu : You failed me. I have lost. You lost the point. The game continues.
Lady de Winter : You will not seek him out? This - boy who has outwitted you?
Cardinal Richelieu : To what end? Vengeance? That is an expensive luxury. Statesmen cannot afford it.