- I have no wives.
- No wives at all?
- Oh, I have six, no, seven.
- I've counted eight. And that is because he is traveling. At home, he has more.
12 seconds sound clip from the Ben-Hur (1959) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:47:07.140 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Judah Ben-Hur. You're a Jew, yet you drove in the great circus.
- Yes.
- 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.
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