Great was Ulysses' triumph, but greater was his pride.
6 seconds sound clip from the Ulysses (1954) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:05:01.661 in the DVD version of the movie.
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- Triumphantly, the Trojans dragged the horse inside the walls of Troy.
- Then while the Trojans were feasting, Ulysses and his Greeks crept out of the wooden horse.
- They opened up the city gates, and let the Grecian army in.
- That night, the city of Troy was sacked and burned. That night, the Trojans died by the hundreds.
- Great was Ulysses' triumph, but greater was his pride.
- And for this deed, the Trojan prophetess Cassandra laid a curse upon Ulysses.
- Cursed be, sacrilegious Greeks. And to you, three times cursed Ulysses.
- May the wrath of Neptune descend upon you, and may you never know peace again.
- You will live in exile and die in the depths of the sea.
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