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Gladiator Movie Quotes: By Maximus Decimus Meridius
I knew a man once who said, "Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back." ~ Maximus, Gladiator (2000). What we do in life echoes in eternity. ~ Maximus, Gladiator (2000). At my signal, unleash hell. ~ Maximus, Gladiator (2000). The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end. ~ Maximus, Gladiator (2000). 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. ~ Maximus, Gladiator (2000). Whatever comes out of these gates, we've got a better chance of survival if we work together. Do you understand? If we stay together we survive. ~ Maximus, Gladiator (2000). I am required to kill, so I kill. That is enough. ~ Maximus, Gladiator (2000). Are you in danger of becoming a good man, Proximo? ~ Maximus, Gladiator (2000). Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here? ~ Maximus, Gladiator (2000). 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! ~ Maximus, Gladiator (2000). My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the TRUE emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next. ~ Maximus, Gladiator (2000). Gladiator Movie Quotes: By Marcus Aurelius 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? ~ Marcus Aurelius, Gladiator (2000). 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, Gladiator (2000). There is always someone left to fight. ~ Marcus Aurelius, Gladiator (2000). Gladiator Movie Quotes: By Gracchus I don't pretend to be a man of the people. But I do try to be a man for the people. ~ Gracchus, Gladiator (2000). Fear and wonder, a powerful combination. ~ Gracchus, Gladiator (2000). He will bring them death, and they will love him for it. ~ Gracchus, Gladiator (2000). Marcus Aurelius trusted you. His daughter trusts you. I will trust you. Give me two days, and I will purchase your freedom. And you, stay alive, or I'll be dead. ~ Gracchus, Gladiator (2000). 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. ~ Gracchus, Gladiator (2000). Gladiator Movie Quotes: By Commodus I search the faces of the gods... for ways to please you, to make you proud. One kind word, one full hug...where you pressed me to your chest and held me tight. Would have been like the sun on my heart for a thousand years. What is it in me that you hate so much? ~ Commodus, Gladiator (2000). Father. I would have butcher the whole world... if you would only love me! ~ Commodus, Gladiator (2000). The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story! But now, the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death will do. And what could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena? ~ Commodus, Gladiator (2000). What am I going to do with you? You simply won't... die. Are we so different, you and I? You take life when you have to... as I do. ~ Commodus, Gladiator (2000). You loved my father, I know. But so did I. That makes us brothers, doesn't it? Smile for me now, brother. ~ Commodus, Gladiator (2000). He sleeps so well because he is loved. ~ Commodus, Gladiator (2000). Am I not merciful? ~ Commodus, Gladiator (2000). If you're very good, tomorrow night I'll tell you the story of emperor Claudius who was betrayed by those closest to him, by his own blood. They whispered in dark corners and went out late at night and conspired and conspired but the emperor Claudius knew they were up to something. He knew they were busy little bees. And one night he sat down with one of them and he looked at her and he said, "Tell me what you've been doing busy little bee or I shall strike down those dearest to you. You shall watch as I bathe in their blood." And the emperor was heartbroken. The little bee had wounded him more deeply than anyone else could ever have done. And...the little bee told him everything. ~ Commodus, Gladiator (2000). Gladiator Movie Quotes: By Lucilla This is a pleasant fiction, is it not? ~ Connie Nielsen (Lucilla), Gladiator (2000). Today I saw a slave become more powerful than the Emperor of Rome. ~ Lucilla, Gladiator (2000). You're lying, I could always tell when you were lying because you were never any good at it. ~ Lucilla, Gladiator (2000). I am tired of being strong. ~ Lucilla, Gladiator (2000). I have felt alone all my life, except with you. ~ Lucilla, Gladiator (2000). 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. ~ Lucilla, Gladiator (2000). Gladiator Movie Quotes: By 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. ~ Proximo, Gladiator (2000). 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. ~ Proximo, Gladiator (2000). Thrust this into another man's flesh, and they will applaud and love you for that. You may even begin to love them. ~ Proximo, Gladiator (2000). We mortals are but shadows and dust. Shadows and dust, Maximus! ~ Proximo, Gladiator (2000). 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. ~ Proximo, Gladiator (2000). Gladiator Movie Quotes: By Other Characters People should know when they are conquered. ~ Quintus, Gladiator (2000). Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to. ~ Cicero, Gladiator (2000). 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. ~ Falco, Gladiator (2000). 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. ~ Falco, Gladiator (2000). You have a great name. He must kill your name before he kills you. ~ Juba, Gladiator (2000). I will see you again... but not yet... not yet... ~ Juba, Gladiator (2000). |