- Have you read his treatise on suicide?
- Wouldn't interest me.
- Not if the end could be simple?

8 seconds sound clip from the Monsieur Verdoux movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:03:15 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Can I help you?

- No, no. Stay where you are. I can manage.

- Voilà.

- You're funny.

- Am I? Why?

- I don't know.

- However, you're hungry. Please go ahead.

- What book is that you're reading?

- Schopenhauer.

- Do you like him?

- So-so.

- Have you read his treatise on suicide?

- Wouldn't interest me.

- Not if the end could be simple?

- Say, for instance, you went to sleep and without any thought of death, there was a sudden stoppage. Wouldn't you prefer it to this drab existence?

- I wonder.

- It's the approach of death that terrifies.

- I suppose if the unborn knew of the approach of life, they'd be just as terrified.

- Yet life is wonderful.

- What's wonderful about it?

- Everything. Spring morning, a summer's night music, art, love...

[...]

Monsieur Verdoux Sound Clip

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Memorable quotes from the movie Monsieur Verdoux (1947), featuring short sound bites and sfx.

Actors: Charlie Chaplin (Monsieur Henri Verdoux), Martha Raye (Annabella Bonheur)

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