Forgive me, Helen. You are two women, both wise and good. I am two men. One fairly good, I try to believe. The other, very bad indeed.

Paris Of Troy (Jacques Sernas)

12 seconds sound clip from the Helen of Troy (1956) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:45:55.400 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- And so she is real, that one I loved.

- Yes.

- The gods sometimes change the bravest of intentions.

- They are kind. I'll never doubt them again.

- Oh, Helen. Helen, you are a slave as long as Menelaus possesses you. Come away to freedom. Come to Troy with me.

- And destroy the hope of peace you were taking home with you?

- No. If even one Trojan dies on the walls, I'm a failure.

- Forgive me, Helen. You are two women, both wise and good. I am two men. One fairly good, I try to believe. The other, very bad indeed.

- One is a man. The other, just a boy, I think. Paris, let him be so always. Never let him grow old.

- The ship.

- And now I must go back.

- It is a way the gods have to give with one hand and take with two.

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