Marcus Aurelius Movie Quotes & Lines – 34 Classics (+ Audio)

Updated: Apr 12, 2025

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1 So much for the glory of Rome.

Richard Harris in Gladiator (2000)

2 There is always someone left to fight.

Richard Harris in Gladiator (2000)

3 You have missed the war.

Richard Harris in Gladiator (2000)

4 You would have been strong. I wonder, would you have been just?

Richard Harris in Gladiator (2000)

5 When a man sees his end, he wants to know there was some purpose to his life.

Richard Harris in Gladiator (2000)

6 How will the world speak my name in years to come? Will I be known as the philosopher? The warrior? The tyrant? Or will I be the Emperor who gave Rome back her true self?

Richard Harris in Gladiator (2000)

7 Your faults as a son is my failure as a father. Come.

Richard Harris in Gladiator (2000)

8 When I was a child, I had a secret fear that night would come, and would never end. That we would live out our lives in total darkness. It was a small fear then.

Alec Guinness in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

9 Only... Why did he hesitate? -If he'd not been the kind of man who hesitates when faced with such a great responsibility, I would not have chosen him.

Alec Guinness in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

10 We must try to understand other people more. -Understand cruelty and weakness? -Even that.

Alec Guinness in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

Marcus Aurelius Movie Quotes & Lines – 34 Classics (+ Audio)

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