When a man sees his end, he wants to know there was some purpose to his life.
6 seconds sound clip from the Gladiator (2000) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:25:34 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- They fought for you and for Rome.
- 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.
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