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Of what use is your wisdom now? No answer?

5 seconds sound clip from the The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:00:26.345 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- And who better than a blind man?

- Are you a man to enjoy an irony, Marcus Aurelius?

- Look well then at the emperor of all Rome become no better than a slave.

- And who or what is your master? Slave!

- A small point in your side. Perhaps no larger than a grain of wheat.

- 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.

- Surely it must have prepared you for this moment. But it has failed you, hasn't it? You are not prepared. Why?

- In all that talk did this this topic, death slip your minds? Or did you know deep down that your wisdom would be helpless before this mystery of mysteries.

- But once you admit that, all other knowledge and skill only becomes trivial and meaningless.

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Memorable quotes from the 1964 film The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), with sound clips in WAV and MP3 formats.

Actors: Alec Guinness (Marcus Aurelius), Christopher Plummer (Commodus), Sophia Loren (Lucilla), Stephen Boyd (Livius), James Mason (Timonides)

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