James Mason Movie Quotes & Lines – 29 Classics (+ Audio)

Updated: Apr 12, 2025

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

As Brutus in Julius Caesar (1953)

3 Good gentlemen, look fresh and merrily. Let not our looks put on our purposes.

As Brutus in Julius Caesar (1953)

4 Ambition's debt is paid.

As Brutus in Julius Caesar (1953)

5 There's tears for his love, joy for his fortune, honor for his valor, and death for his ambition.

As Brutus in Julius Caesar (1953)

6 Who comes here? I think it is the weakness of my eyes that shapes this monstrous apparition.

As Brutus in Julius Caesar (1953)

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

As Brutus in Julius Caesar (1953)

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

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

9 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)

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)

James Mason Movie Quotes & Lines – 29 Classics (+ Audio)

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