For if men do not think, read, talk to each other, above all else, talk, they are no longer men.

— Marcus Aurelius (Alec Guinness)

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

You can hear this line at 01:01:32.050 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- And the talk, Marcus Aurelius. The hours of talk with your friend, Timonides.

- Surely it must have prepared you for this moment. But it has failed you, hasn't it? You are not prepared. Why?

- In all that talk did this this topic, death slip your minds? Or did you know deep down that your wisdom would be helpless before this mystery of mysteries.

- But once you admit that, all other knowledge and skill only becomes trivial and meaningless.

- But then you would not have thought and read, and talked and wondered. So, perhaps it is just as well.

- For if men do not think, read, talk to each other, above all else, talk, they are no longer men.

- He has come for me. The silent boatman to ferry me across the shadowed river.

- I am not ready for you.

- I've always been willing to bargain with my enemies. Can we not make a treaty?

- For your part I ask you to wait two years.

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