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 (Richard Harris)
16 seconds sound clip from the Gladiator (2000) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:25:55 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark. Rome is the light.
- Yet you have never been there. You have not seen what it has become.
- When a man sees his end, he wants to know there was some purpose to his life.
- Maximus, let us whisper now, together, you and I.
- You have a son. Tell me about your home.
- My house is in the hills above Trujillo. A very simple place.
- Pink stones that warm in the sun.
- A kitchen garden that smells of herbs in the day, Jasmine in the evening.
[...]
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Actors: Russell Crowe (Maximus Decimus Meridius), Joaquin Phoenix (Commodus), Richard Harris (Marcus Aurelius), Oliver Reed (Proximo), Connie Nielsen (Lucilla), Derek Jacobi (Senator Gracchus), Djimon Hounsou (Juba)
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