- Believe me, my friend, it is a great advantage to have many wives.
- Someday, I hope to have one.
- One wife! Ha, ha, one God, that I can understand. But one wife, that is not civilized. It is not generous.
12 seconds sound clip from the Ben-Hur (1959) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:47:19.166 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- By a strange choice and a stranger fortune.
- Your coming here was so fit, so right. We might have achieved wonders. But you have to go.
- I make a journey which will not wait.
- Well, then perhaps you will come back. And when you do, bring your friends, bring your wives.
- I've counted eight. And that is because he is traveling. At home, he has more.
- Believe me, my friend, it is a great advantage to have many wives.
- Someday, I hope to have one.
- Was the food not to your liking?
- Indeed.
- And take my advice, my friend. Buy yourself some wives.
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Actors: Charlton Heston (Judah Ben-Hur), Jack Hawkins (Quintus Arrius), Haya Harareet (Esther), Stephen Boyd (Messala), Hugh Griffith (Sheik Ilderim)
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