General Maximus, who gave the Roman Empire its heyday, emerges victorious from another field war, now his only dream is to return home as soon as possible and be reunited with his wife and family.
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1. “My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius. Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, 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’.
2. “I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob, conjure magic for them and they will 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 Colosseum. He will bring them death and they will love him for it.” ― Gracchus, ‘Gladiator’.’Gladiator’.
3. “Ultimately, we are all dead men. Sadly we cannot choose how but, we can decide how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.” ― Proximo,‘Gladiator’.
4. “A general who became a slave. A slave who became a gladiator. A gladiator who defied an emperor.” ― Commodus, ‘Gladiator’.
5. “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.” ― Marcus Aurelius, ‘Gladiator’.
6. “You should see the Colosseum Spaniard. Fifty-thousand Romans watching every movement of your sword, willing you to make that killer blow. The silence before you strike and the noise afterwards. It rises. It rises up like a storm. As if you were the thunder god himself.” ― Proximo, ‘Gladiator’.
7. “The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end. Highness.” ― Maximus, ‘Gladiator’.
8. “Why do I want that. He makes me rich. Oh I…I know that you are a man of your word, General. I know that you would die for honor. You would die for Rome. You would die for the memory of your ancestors. But I on the other hand, I am an entertainer.” ― Proximo, ‘Gladiator’.
9. “Quintus, free my men. Senator Gracchus is to be reinstated. There was a dream that was Rome, it shall be realized. These are the wishes of Marcus Aurelius.” ― Maximus, ‘Gladiator’.
10. “There is always someone left to fight.” ― Gracchus, ‘Gladiator’.
11. “Your Emperor asks for your loyalty, Maximus. Take my hand, I only offer it once.” ― Commodus, ‘Gladiator’.
12. “I don’t pretend to be a man of the people. But I do try to be a man for the people.” ― Gracchus, ‘Gladiator’.
13. “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.” ― Proximo, ‘Gladiator’.
14. “Three weeks from now, I will be harvesting my crops. Imagine where you will be, and it will be so.” ― Maximus, ‘Gladiator’.
15. “The frost, it sometimes makes the blade stick.” ― Maximus, ‘Gladiator’.
16. “There was a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile.” ― Marcus Aurelius, ‘Gladiator’.
17. “Today I saw a slave become more powerful than the Emperor of Rome.” ― Lucilla, ‘Gladiator’.
18. “What we do in life echoes in eternity.” ― Maximus, ‘Gladiator’.
19. “I will see you again… but not yet… not yet..” ― Juba, ‘Gladiator’.
20. “At my signal, unleash hell.” ― Maximus, ‘Gladiator’.
21. “Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?” ― Maximus, ‘Gladiator’.
22. “Nothing happens to anyone that he is not fitted by nature to bear.” ― Maximus, ‘Gladiator’.
23. “- 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.”
24. “What we do in life… echoes in eternity.” ― Maximus, ‘Gladiator’.
25. “- 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.” –‘Gladiator’.
26. “Fear and wonder, a powerful combination.” ― Gracchus, ‘Gladiator’.
27. “- Commodus: 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? –‘Gladiator’.
28. “No, but if you interrupt me again, I assure you that you will.”― Commodus, ‘Gladiator’.
29. “- Commodus: What could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?
– Maximus: You would fight me?
– Commodus: Why not? Do you think I am afraid?
– Maximus: I think you’ve been afraid all your life.” –‘Gladiator’.
30. “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’.
31. “- Maximus: [after swiftly dispatching another gladiator] Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?
– Crowd: Spaniard, Spaniard, Spaniard…” –‘Gladiator’.
32. “- Juba: Can they hear you?
– Maximus: Who?
– Juba: Your family. In the afterlife.
– Maximus: Oh yes.
– Juba: What do you say to them?
– Maximus: To my son, I tell him I will see him again soon. To keep his heels down while riding his horse. To my wife… that is not your business.” –‘Gladiator’.
33. “When a man sees his end… he wants to know there was some purpose to his life.” ― Marcus Aurelius, ‘Gladiator’.
34. “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’.
35. “Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.” ― Maximus, ‘Gladiator’.
36. “- Marcus Aurelius: 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.” –‘Gladiator’.
37. “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’.
38. “- Maximus: I am required to kill, so I kill. That is enough.
– Proximo: That’s enough for the provinces, but not enough for Rome.” –‘Gladiator’.
39. 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: You don’t find it hard to do your duty? –‘Gladiator’.
40. Maximus: Let me go home.
Marcus Aurelius: Ah, home. –‘Gladiator’.
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