- And old age? That poor flesh will rot one day. And at the end, nothing but death. This is the terrible heritage of man.
- I accept that inheritance.

— Ulysses (Kirk Douglas), Circe (Silvana Mangano)

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11 seconds sound clip from the Ulysses (1954) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:11:34.860 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You will not hold me here.

- Listen to me. I shall give you something that will make you forget all your petty dreams, your miserable kingdom, your wife who grows old.

- Remain, and this very night Olympus shall welcome a new god: Ulysses.

- Immortal?

- This is my gift. The greatest gift that had ever been offered to a man.

- No, there are greater gifts: to be born and to die, and in between to live like a man.

- To live like a man, filled with petty fears?

- Only the fearful can know the value of courage.

- And old age? That poor flesh will rot one day. And at the end, nothing but death. This is the terrible heritage of man.

- I accept that inheritance.

- I no longer see myself falling in battle, or in the fury of a storm. It will take much less. A puff of cool air, a sudden chill one night.

- But even so, this vulnerable mass of fears has dared to battle with a god, and has not yet been defeated.

- If it should be that one day men shall speak of me, I hope they say with pride that I was one of them.

- Their pride will not serve to warm you in the kingdom of darkness.

[...]

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