You, the best. The greatest of men. Is that the way it must be, father?
6 seconds sound clip from the The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:24:47.525 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Are you happy? You seem reasonably happy, and yet...
- A disturbing whisper reached me that you thought once of retiring to the temple of Vesta.
- It was because of your mother.
- I was ashamed. And she brought you such pain.
- You, the best. The greatest of men. Is that the way it must be, father?
- Only moments of beauty, and then, betrayal.
- We must try to understand other people more.
- Understand cruelty and weakness?
- You have such a gift for life, Lucilla. But I think you ask too much of it.
- Learn to pity. Learn to have compassion. For yourself, too. Pity and compassion to yourself.
- The future will make great demands on you.
[...]
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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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