James Mason: 29 Movie Quotes with Audio

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1 And, gentle friends, let's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully. Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods, not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds.

As Brutus in Julius Caesar (1953)

2 Fires go out, the dead are buried, the slaves die, slowly. But their hatred that we leave behind us never dies!

As Timonides in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

3 The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.

As Brutus in Julius Caesar (1953)

4 Come, poor remains of friends, rest on this rock.

As Brutus in Julius Caesar (1953)

5 What has another day to offer you, Timonides? -Warmth, life, color, people.

As Timonides in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

6 I am a teacher, and as a teacher I know that when I have tried to teach the same lesson for a hundred times, and still the pupil does not understand, then I am forced to the conclusion that perhaps there's something wrong, either with the lesson, or with

As Timonides in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

7 Hatred means wars.

As Timonides in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

8 No, because it's no longer profitable to keep slaves. Slaves do not produce as much as free men. Let us do what is profitable, and right.

As Timonides in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

9 And yet the answer is simple. We must have no war.

As Timonides in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

10 We've burned their villages, we've crucified their leaders, we've enslaved their young.

As Timonides in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)