Duke of Devonshire Quotes in The Duchess (2008)

Duke of Devonshire: This will be the mistake of your life.

Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire: No, I made that many years ago. I trust you can see yourself out.

Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire: [speaking about Charles Grey] We love each other.

Duke of Devonshire: I do not doubt it; he is a dreamer like yourself. You both dream of another world that does not exist, and never will.

Duke of Devonshire: How wonderful to be that free.

Duke of Devonshire: [Dryly to a servant after a drunken Georgina's wig has caught on fire] Please put out her grace's hair.

Duke of Devonshire: Over the years I have acted in ways that you have judged... harsh. Well, I do not wish for you to undergo any further suffering.

[from trailer]

Duke of Devonshire: I love you in the way I understand love.

Duke of Devonshire: I don't make deals. Why would I? I'm in charge of it all.

Duke of Devonshire: I asked for two things when we wed, loyalty, and male heir.

Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire: The same as your dogs!

Duke of Devonshire: I know that you've never thought much of my manners or my itellect, G. But in fact, I never do anything that serves no purpose.

Duke of Devonshire: [with a degree of frustration after taking off G's elaborate corseting on their wedding night] For the life of me, I could never understand why women's clothes must be so complicated.