The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Conrad Veidt: Jaffar

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• Ahmad : Are men only to be ruled by fear?

  Jaffar : Men are evil. Hatred behind their eyes, lies on their lips, betrayal in their hearts. You will learn one day, Great King, that there are three things that men respect: the lash that descends, the yoke that breaks, and the sword that slays. By the power and terror of these you may conquer the earth.

• Jaffar : Forget Ahmad. He's no longer blind. For a man with eyes the world is full of women. Only I am cursed, that I can see only you.

• Astrologer : But she loves the blind man.

  Jaffar : Do you call the lisping of two children in the garden love? Love she has yet to learn and I have yet to teach her.

• Jaffar : Strange how an unpleasant child can make a decent dog!

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  Jaffar : The princess. Have you good news for me?

  Halima : No, master.

  Jaffar : Dead?

  Halima : She's still asleep.

• Ahmad : Another execution? Why'd he to die?

  Jaffar : He had been thinking, my lord and master.

• Jaffar : Why do you close your eyes? There's little time left to see him.