He meant to say, When a child is bad. Instead he said, When a person is bad.

5 seconds sound clip from the Matilda (1996) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:10:59.183 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- What was my profit for the day?

- Could you repeat the last one...?

- $10265. Check it if you don't believe me.

- You're a little cheat. You saw the paper.

- From all the way over here?

- Are you being smart with me? If yo're being smart with me, young lady, you're gonna be punished.

- Punished for being smart?

- For being a smart aleck.

- When a person is bad, that person has to be taught a lesson.

- Person?

- Get up! Get up.

- Harry Wormwood had unintentionally given his daughter the first practical advice she could use.

- He meant to say, When a child is bad. Instead he said, When a person is bad.

- And thereby introduced a revolutionary idea that children could punish their parents. Only when they deserved it, of course.

- Michael, come in to my room.

- What?

- My boy, today's the day I take you to the shop. What do you say?

- I don't know. What do you say, Dad?

- I say appearance is nine-tenths of the law. People don't buy a car, they buy me. Which is why I personally take such pride in my appearance: well-oiled hair, clean shaved, snappy suit.

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Matilda (1996) Sound Clip

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Actors: Mara Wilson (Matilda Wormwood), Embeth Davidtz (Miss Honey), Danny DeVito (Harry Wormwood), Rhea Perlman (Zinnia Wormwood), Pam Ferris (Miss Trunchbull)

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