The Trojan Women (1971)
Katharine Hepburn: Hecuba
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Quotes
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Hecuba : [to Helen] Never make gods out fools to whitewash your own evil.
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Hecuba : This is no longer Troy. And we are not the lords of Troy. Endure.
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[last lines]
Hecuba : Trembling body... old weak limbs... you must carry me on to the new day of slavery.
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Hecuba : Count no one happy, however fortunate, before he dies.
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Hecuba : I think those that are gone care little how they are buried. It is we, the living, our vanity.
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Hecuba : [when some of the women try to help her up] Let me be. Kindness unwanted is unkindness.
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Hecuba : [to Cassandra] Your sufferings, my child, have never taught you wisdom.