He was quick metal when he went to school.
4 seconds sound clip from the Julius Caesar (1953) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:20:04 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Will you dine with me tomorrow?
- Ay, if I be alive and your mind hold, and your dinner worth the eating.
- Do so.
- What a blunt fellow is this grown to be.
- He was quick metal when he went to school.
- So is he now in execution of any bold or noble enterprise.
- For this time I will leave you.
- Tomorrow, if you please to speak with me, I will come home to you.
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