Gladiator Quote
Maximus : Five thousand of my men are out there in the freezing mud. Three thousand of them are bloodied and cleaved. Two thousand will never leave this place. I will not believe that they fought and died for nothing.
Marcus Aurelius : And what would you believe?
Maximus : They fought for you and for Rome.
Marcus Aurelius : And what is Rome, Maximus?
Maximus : I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.
Marcus Aurelius : Yet you have never been there. You have not seen what it has become. I am dying, Maximus. When a man sees his end... he wants to know there was some purpose to his life. How will the world speak my name in years to come? Will I be known as the philosopher? The warrior? The tyrant...? Or will I be the emperor who gave Rome back her true self? There was once a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish... it was so fragile. And I fear that it will not survive the winter.
Marcus Aurelius : And what would you believe?
Maximus : They fought for you and for Rome.
Marcus Aurelius : And what is Rome, Maximus?
Maximus : I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.
Marcus Aurelius : Yet you have never been there. You have not seen what it has become. I am dying, Maximus. When a man sees his end... he wants to know there was some purpose to his life. How will the world speak my name in years to come? Will I be known as the philosopher? The warrior? The tyrant...? Or will I be the emperor who gave Rome back her true self? There was once a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish... it was so fragile. And I fear that it will not survive the winter.
Movie: Gladiator
