You wrote to me once, listing the four chief virtues. Wisdom, justice, fortitude, and temperance. As I read the list, I knew I had none of them.
21 seconds sound clip from the Gladiator (2000) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:34:34 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Which wiser, older man is to take my place?
- My powers will pass to Maximus, to hold in trust, until the Senate is ready to rule once more.
- Rome is to be a republic again.
- Maximus.
- My decision disappoints you?
- But I have other virtues, Father. Ambition. That can be a virtue when it drives us to excel.
- Resourcefulness, courage. Perhaps not on the battlefield, but there are many forms of courage.
- Devotion to my family, to you.
- But none of my virtues were on your list.
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