The Advocate (1993)

Donald Pleasence: Pincheon

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Quotes 

• Pincheon : But it's Pearls to Swine! That's what they are, these peasant folk. Salt of the Earth... Scum of the Earth. I am the future of Maitre Courtois! Don't grow old and tired in a place like this.

• Pincheon : The Law must be brought to bear, whether it be against an imbecilic man, or a Pig of prestigious intelligence.

  [Courtois laughs, and everyone just stares at him] 

• Richard Courtois : [the "Witch" is going to be hanged on a technicality]  Why didn't I know that?

  Pincheon : Custom and Practise!

• Pincheon : [dream sequence]  The brain has a little eye that shows us what we've seen during the day.

• Pincheon : Once. Now? I can't remember now.

• Pincheon : Will you raise your right hand?

  [Witness raises his left hand, so his testimony is now laughable] 

• Richard Courtois : Is a pig big enough to hold a devil? How about a flea? You don't really believe what you've been saying here, do you?

  Pincheon : This is monstrous!

  Albertius : Oh I believe it, Maitre, every word.

• Pincheon : I don't think they Love the Law.