Maximus: Strength and honor.
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Commodus: It vexes me. I'm terribly vexed.
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[addressing his troops]
Maximus: Fratres!
[Cavalry addresses Maximus]
Maximus: Three weeks from now, I will be harvesting my crops. Imagine where you will be, and it will be so. Hold the line! Stay with me! If you find yourself alone, riding in the green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled. For you are in Elysium, and you're already dead!
[Cavalry laughs]
Maximus: Brothers, what we do in life... echoes in eternity.
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[last lines]
Juba: And now we are Free. I will see you again... but not yet... Not yet!
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[as an executioner tries to draw his sword but can't]
Maximus: The frost, it sometimes makes the blade stick.
[kills the executioner]
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[His only line]
Tigris: We who are about to die, salute you!
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Proximo: Those giraffes you sold me, they won't mate. They just walk around, eating, and not mating. You sold me... queer giraffes. I want my money back.
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Proximo: Listen to me. Learn from me. I was not the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd and you will win your freedom.
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Maximus: You risk too much.
Lucilla: I have much to pay for.
Maximus: You have nothing to pay for.
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