But once you admit that, all other knowledge and skill only becomes trivial and meaningless.
5 seconds sound clip from the The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:01:16.744 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Of what use is your wisdom now? No answer?
- Think of all you have read and pondered over the years.
- And the talk, Marcus Aurelius. The hours of talk with your friend, Timonides.
- But once you admit that, all other knowledge and skill only becomes trivial and meaningless.
- For if men do not think, read, talk to each other, above all else, talk, they are no longer men.
- He has come for me. The silent boatman to ferry me across the shadowed river.
- I've always been willing to bargain with my enemies. Can we not make a treaty?
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Actors: Alec Guinness (Marcus Aurelius), Christopher Plummer (Commodus), Sophia Loren (Lucilla), Stephen Boyd (Livius), James Mason (Timonides)
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