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- Envy is for the weak.
- And beauty is for the strong. That is what you have in mind.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Ten Commandments (1956) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:18:08.285 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You will be the glory of Egypt, my son. Mighty in words and deeds. Kings shall bow before you. Your name will live when the pyramids are dust.

- And because I drew you from the water, you shall be called Moses. Moses! Moses!

- He proclaims his coming from afar, does he not, my son?

- Such favor with the people can be dangerous, Great Sethi.

- To whom, Ramses? To me or to you?

- It would not be the first time that fame has turned a prince against his Pharaoh.

- Or that envy has turned a brother against his brother.

- Envy is for the weak.

- And beauty is for the strong. That is what you have in mind.

- If you mean Nefretiri, yes, my father.

- Is it the princess' beauty that attracts you, Ramses, or the fact that she must marry the man I choose to follow me on the throne?

- I am the son of your body. Who else could be your heir?

- The man best able to rule Egypt will follow me. I owe that to my fathers, not to my sons.

- Then I shall follow you.

- Shall you?

[...]

The Ten Commandments (1956) Sound Clip

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Actors: Charlton Heston (Moses), Yul Brynner (Ramses II), Anne Baxter (Nefretiri), Edward G. Robinson (Dathan), Yvonne De Carlo (Sephora)

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