What would you like? That the gods send us written messages advising us on each small move we make?

7 seconds sound clip from the The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:57:49.495 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- I will not permit this!

- Withdraw, Commodus!

- I cannot.

- Nor can I.

- Then let the gods decide.

- Yes, the omens have been bad.

- Bad for whom? For us? for Rome?

- At least here we can speak clearly.

- What would you like? That the gods send us written messages advising us on each small move we make?

- Is the murder of an emperor a small move?

- Murder?

- Caesar is dying and knows it.

- At any moment, he will disinherit Commodus and proclaim Livius his heir.

- Once he does that, publicly, what hope is there for us?

[...]

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