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Only last month, I learned a terrible lesson.

5 seconds sound clip from the The Bitter Tea of General Yen movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:03:42 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Yes, it's glorious. And yet I pity her.

- Pity her?

- I've spent 50 years in China. And there are times when I think we are just a lot of persistent ants trying to move a great mountain.

- Bishop, how can you say that? After all that you've done.

- Yes, I do pity her. When I think of what she has to face, I...

- Only last month, I learned a terrible lesson.

- I was telling the story of the Crucifixion to some Mongolian tribesmen.

- Finally, I thought I had touched their hearts. They crept closer to my little platform, their eyes burning with the wonder of their attention.

- Mongolian bandits, mind you, listening spellbound.

- But alas, I had misinterpreted their interest in the story.

- The next caravan of merchants that crossed the Gobi Desert was captured by them and crucified.

[...]

The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) Sound Clip

The Bitter Tea of General Yen Poster

Quotes from "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" (1933 film, directed by Frank Capra), featuring short sound clips with voice.

Actors: Barbara Stanwyck (Megan Davis), Nils Asther (General Yen), Walter Connolly (Jones)

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