Gladiator Quotes
Maximus : Ancestors, I ask you for your guidance. Blessed mother, come to me with the Gods' desire for my future. Blessed father, watch over my wife and son with a ready sword. Whisper to them that I live only to hold them again, for all else is dust and air. Ancestors, I honor you and will try to live with the dignity that you have taught me.
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Maximus : I may die here in this cell or in the arena tomorrow. What possible difference can I make?
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Commodus : And now they love Maximus for his mercy. So I can't just kill him, or it makes me even more unmerciful! The whole thing's like some crazed nightmare.
Falco : He is defying you. His every victory is an act of defiance. The mob sees this, and so does the senate. Every day he lives, they grow bolder. Kill him.
Commodus : No. I will not make a martyr of him. [ Commodus walks around ]
Falco : I have been told of a certain sea snake which has a very unusual method of attracting its prey. It will lie at the bottom of the ocean as if wounded. Then its enemies will approach, and yet it will lie quite still. And then its enemies will take little bites of it, and yet it remains still.
Commodus : So, we will lie still, and let our enemies come to us and nibble. Have every senator followed.
Falco : He is defying you. His every victory is an act of defiance. The mob sees this, and so does the senate. Every day he lives, they grow bolder. Kill him.
Commodus : No. I will not make a martyr of him. [ Commodus walks around ]
Falco : I have been told of a certain sea snake which has a very unusual method of attracting its prey. It will lie at the bottom of the ocean as if wounded. Then its enemies will approach, and yet it will lie quite still. And then its enemies will take little bites of it, and yet it remains still.
Commodus : So, we will lie still, and let our enemies come to us and nibble. Have every senator followed.
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Commodus : Have I missed it? Have I missed the battle?
Marcus Aurelius : You have missed the war.
Commodus : Father, congratulations. I shall sacrifice a hundred bulls to honor your triumph.
Marcus Aurelius : Save the bulls. Honor Maximus. He won the battle.
Marcus Aurelius : You have missed the war.
Commodus : Father, congratulations. I shall sacrifice a hundred bulls to honor your triumph.
Marcus Aurelius : Save the bulls. Honor Maximus. He won the battle.
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Gracchus : Fear and wonder, a powerful combination.
Falco : You really think people are going to be seduced by that?
Gracchus : I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob. Conjure magic for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the senate, it's the sand of the coliseum. He'll bring them death - and they will love him for it.
Falco : You really think people are going to be seduced by that?
Gracchus : I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob. Conjure magic for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the senate, it's the sand of the coliseum. He'll bring them death - and they will love him for it.
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Gracchus : But the Senate IS the people, sire. Chosen from AMONG the people. To speak FOR the people.
Commodus : I doubt if any of the people eat so well as you, Gracchus. Or have such splendid mistresses, Gaius.
Commodus : I doubt if any of the people eat so well as you, Gracchus. Or have such splendid mistresses, Gaius.
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[ addressing his troops ]
Maximus : Fratres! [ Cavalry addresses Maximus ]
Maximus : Three weeks from now, I will be harvesting my crops. Imagine where you will be, and it will be so. Hold the line! Stay with me! If you find yourself alone, riding in the green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled. For you are in Elysium, and you're already dead! [ Cavalry laughs ]
Maximus : Brothers, what we do in life... echoes in eternity.
Maximus : Fratres! [ Cavalry addresses Maximus ]
Maximus : Three weeks from now, I will be harvesting my crops. Imagine where you will be, and it will be so. Hold the line! Stay with me! If you find yourself alone, riding in the green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled. For you are in Elysium, and you're already dead! [ Cavalry laughs ]
Maximus : Brothers, what we do in life... echoes in eternity.
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[ last lines ]
Juba : And now we are Free. I will see you again... but not yet... Not yet!
Juba : And now we are Free. I will see you again... but not yet... Not yet!
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[ as an executioner tries to draw his sword but can't ]
Maximus : The frost, it sometimes makes the blade stick. [ kills the executioner ]
Maximus : The frost, it sometimes makes the blade stick. [ kills the executioner ]
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Proximo : Those giraffes you sold me, they won't mate. They just walk around, eating, and not mating. You sold me... queer giraffes. I want my money back.
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Proximo : Listen to me. Learn from me. I was not the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd and you will win your freedom.
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Maximus : You risk too much.
Lucilla : I have much to pay for.
Maximus : You have nothing to pay for.
Lucilla : I have much to pay for.
Maximus : You have nothing to pay for.
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Proximo : Congratulations, you have very persuasive friends.
Lucilla : My brother's had Gracchus arrested. We daren't wait any longer. We must leave tonight. Proximo will be here t midnight and take you to the gate. Your servant, Cicero will be waiting there with horses. [ Maximus nods ]
Maximus : You have done all this?
Lucilla : Yes.
Maximus : [ sighs ] You risk too much.
Lucilla : I have much to pay for. [ Maximus shakes his head ]
Maximus : You have nothing to pay for. You love your son, you are strong for him.
Lucilla : I am tired of being strong.(sighs) My brother hates all the world and you most of all.
Maximus : Because your father chose me.
Lucilla : No because my father loved you... and because I loved you.
Maximus : A long time ago. [ kisses her hand ]
Lucilla : [ smiles ] Was I very different then?
Maximus : (shakes his head, touches her face with his finger) You laughed more.
Lucilla : I have felt alone all my life, except with you. I must go.
Maximus : Yes. [ kisses Lucilla one last time ]
Lucilla : My brother's had Gracchus arrested. We daren't wait any longer. We must leave tonight. Proximo will be here t midnight and take you to the gate. Your servant, Cicero will be waiting there with horses. [ Maximus nods ]
Maximus : You have done all this?
Lucilla : Yes.
Maximus : [ sighs ] You risk too much.
Lucilla : I have much to pay for. [ Maximus shakes his head ]
Maximus : You have nothing to pay for. You love your son, you are strong for him.
Lucilla : I am tired of being strong.(sighs) My brother hates all the world and you most of all.
Maximus : Because your father chose me.
Lucilla : No because my father loved you... and because I loved you.
Maximus : A long time ago. [ kisses her hand ]
Lucilla : [ smiles ] Was I very different then?
Maximus : (shakes his head, touches her face with his finger) You laughed more.
Lucilla : I have felt alone all my life, except with you. I must go.
Maximus : Yes. [ kisses Lucilla one last time ]
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Marcus Aurelius : Let us pretend that you are a loving daughter, and I am a good father.
Lucilla : This is a pleasant fiction, is it not?
Lucilla : This is a pleasant fiction, is it not?
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Lucilla : My brother hates all the world and you most of all.
Maximus : Because your father chose me.
Lucilla : No. Because my father loved you. And because I loved you.
Maximus : Because your father chose me.
Lucilla : No. Because my father loved you. And because I loved you.
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Proximo : [ addressing his new recruits ] I am Proximo! I shall be closer to you for the next few days, which will be the last of your miserable lives, than that bitch of a mother who first brought you screaming into this world! I did not pay good money for your company. I paid it so that I might profit from your death. And just as your mother was there at your beginning, I shall be there at your end. And when you die - and die you shall - your transition will be to the sound of... [ claps his hands ]
Proximo : Gladiators... I salute you.
Proximo : Gladiators... I salute you.
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[ Looking at some slaves ]
Proximo : Can any of them fight? I've got a match coming up.
Slave Trader : Some are good for fighting, others for dying. You need both, I think.
Proximo : Can any of them fight? I've got a match coming up.
Slave Trader : Some are good for fighting, others for dying. You need both, I think.
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Proximo : [ holding up a sword ] Thrust this into another man's flesh, and they will applaud and love you for that. You may even begin to love them [ thrusts ]
Proximo : for that.
Proximo : for that.
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Proximo : Some of you are thinking that you won't fight. Others, that you can't fight. They all say that, until they're out there
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Proximo : Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.
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Commodus : I think I understand my own people.
Gracchus : Then perhaps Caesar will be so good as to teach us, out of his own extensive experience?
Commodus : I call it love, Gracchus. The people are my children, I am their father. I shall hold them to my bosom and embrace them tightly...
Gracchus : Have you ever embraced someone dying of plague, sire?
Commodus : No, but if you interrupt me again, I assure you that you will.
Gracchus : Then perhaps Caesar will be so good as to teach us, out of his own extensive experience?
Commodus : I call it love, Gracchus. The people are my children, I am their father. I shall hold them to my bosom and embrace them tightly...
Gracchus : Have you ever embraced someone dying of plague, sire?
Commodus : No, but if you interrupt me again, I assure you that you will.
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[ Upon seeing the Coliseum for the first time ]
Juba : I didn't know men could build such things.
Juba : I didn't know men could build such things.
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Lucilla : Is Rome worth one good man's life? We believed it once. Make us believe it again. He was a soldier of Rome. Honor him.
Gracchus : Who will help me carry him? [ Gladiators surround Maximus to carry him out of the arena ]
Gracchus : Who will help me carry him? [ Gladiators surround Maximus to carry him out of the arena ]
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