King Louis XIV: There is more of me to love than a crown.
King Louis XIV: I may be a young king, but I am king.
D'Artagnan: Then be a good king.
D'Artagnan: You are constantly surrounded by beautiful women. Do you love any of them?
Louis: Quite frequently, actually.
Athos: D'Artagnan, I have never known a finer man than you nor cared more for a friend, but if this king harms my son merely to take a lover, then this king will become my enemy. And so will any man who stands between that enemy and me.
Aramis: When I discover the identity of this Jesuit rebel, I will kill both him and the man who told me.
Athos: I belong to the past, when uniforms were black and grown men wore them.
Aramis: You grow fond of him. That is good.
Aramis: If Porthos is determined to end his life, he's bound to seek the opportunity, isn't he?
Queen Anne: Aramis.
Aramis: I have come to ask whether you believe that just as one lie can destroy a life, so one truth can make it whole again.
Queen Anne: I have prayed every day for such a miracle.
King Louis XIV: Why has my own brother tried to do this to me?
D'Artagnan: And look what you have done to him.
Aramis: You are surrounded by beauty, by intrigue, by danger, what more can a man want?
King Louis XIV: Never underestimate the Dutch.
Athos: You have the heart of a king.
Phillippe: Put this man away where no-one will hear his insanity. Let him be fed by a deaf-mute but feed him well.
Louis: Cowards! Twenty men run from four?
Lt. Andre: The corridor nullifies our numbers, and nobody has the stomach to fight the captain.
King Louis XIV: It is good that you watch me, D'Artagnan, but I fear you watch me too closely.
Answer: It is partially true. Author Alexander Dumas based his character on records that were recovered about an unknown prisoner whose identity was kept secret by a black cloth that constantly covered his head. The facts gradually changed as a myth grew up around this account, and the cloth mask was eventually said to be iron. This person, who is believed to have been of high rank, was incarcerated in several prisons, including the Bastille. Dumas adapted the legend for his novel and made the unknown man the twin brother of King Louis XIV. However, the man's true identity has never been discovered. The movie has also distorted historical facts about the Bastille. It was originally built as a fortress during The Hundred Years War, and only later was it used as a prison. (It only held about 50 people.) When it was stormed by French peasants in 1789, there were only seven inmates, and it is believed the rioters were actually looking for ammunition rather than attempting to free prisoners.
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