Quotes
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Joséphine de Beauharnais : I'm not crying. Only little girls cry, and I haven't been a little girl in a long time. Which is why you're getting rid of me. Because I'm an old woman.
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Hortense : It is not your heir who died. It is my child. You say you loved him, so forget your reign for a moment and weep with me.
Joséphine de Beauharnais : Weep? Him? He has wallowed in death for so long that it stirs no feelings at all. He knew the stench of corpses before he even smelled a woman.
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Napoléon : What you said was unfair. You have no idea what that war was like, and the hell I've returned from.
Joséphine de Beauharnais : Hell? With a bit of paradise too. Everyone says that your Polish wife... yes, that's what they call her here... has the face of an angel.
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Joséphine de Beauharnais : Since you're so nice, I'm going to tell you some wonderful news.
Napoléon : Oh, let me guess. The dressmaker has run out of ribbons and silk, and you're going to make do with the 6,000 dresses you already own.
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Joséphine de Beauharnais : You certainly have changed. After doing all you could to destroy the monarchies of Europe, now you're going to bed a crown.
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Joséphine de Beauharnais : Napoleon, be sensible. Watching your son grow up will give you more happiness than an empire.
