Howards End (1992)
Anthony Hopkins: Henry Wilcox
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Quotes
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Henry Wilcox : Don't take a sentimental attitude toward the poor.
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Henry Wilcox : The poor are the poor. One is sorry for them, but there it is.
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Margaret Schlegel : I deny it's madness.
Henry Wilcox : But you said yourself...
Margaret Schlegel : It's madness when I say it, but not when you say it.
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[last lines]
Margaret Schlegel : What did Dolly mean about Howards End?
Henry Wilcox : Mmmm? My poor Ruth, during her last days, scribbled your name on a piece of paper. Knowing her not to be herself, I set it aside. Didn't do wrong, did I?
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Margaret Schlegel : Henry, look at me. You were that woman's lover?
Henry Wilcox : Since you put it with your usual delicacy, yes I was.
Margaret Schlegel : When?
[no answer]
Margaret Schlegel : When, please?
Henry Wilcox : [angry] Ten years ago!
[calmer]
Henry Wilcox : I'm sorry. Ten years ago.
Margaret Schlegel : Henry, dear... it's not going to trouble us.
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Henry Wilcox : You don't beat about the bush, do you?