My life was short and glorious, but my death is long and oppressive.
5 seconds sound clip from the Ulysses (1954) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:13:24.100 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Achilles, still sour faced and brooding.
- What other face would you expect a dead man to wear?
- Can death have any sting for you?
- Achilles must surely be honored as a mighty prince among the dead.
- Spare me these consolations, Ulysses.
- I would prefer to be a slave among wandering barbarians rather than the king of all the dead.
- My life was short and glorious, but my death is long and oppressive.
- Ajax, I grieve for having helped kill you.
- What do the living know about grief? Only we who are dead know what it means.
- Come, Ulysses, Olympus awaits you.
- The world has loved me. All the world loved Agamemnon, except the woman whom he loved.
[...]
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Voice quotes from the 1954 movie Ulysses, based on Homer's epic poem Odyssey, in WAV and MP3 formats.
Actors: Kirk Douglas (Ulysses), Silvana Mangano (Penelope / Circe), Anthony Quinn (Antinous)
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