Surely it must have prepared you for this moment. But it has failed you, hasn't it? You are not prepared. Why?
9 seconds sound clip from the The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:00:47.214 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- 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.
- 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.
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