Restoration (1995)

Sam Neill: The King

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Quotes 

• King Charles II : For her husband I need a man who is far too fond of women in general to love one in particular.

• Merivel : A most lavish affair! Who is to be married?

  King : Celia Clemence.

  Merivel : I understood she was your mistress!

  King : Then you understood right, Merivel... Miss Clemence is to be married and seemingly dispatched out of London with her husband, while in fact, I secrete her near the river in Kew - the better to sport with her unobserved... For her husband, I need a man who is far too enamored of women in general to make the mistake of loving one in particular...

• King Charles II : Love was the only thing not asked of you. Indeed it was the only thing expressly forbidden of you.

• The King : The plague rouses men from their sleep.