Marcus Aurelius trusted you. His daughter trusts you. I will trust you.[to Maximus]
Life is more simple for a soldier.[to Maximus]
It’s an idea. Greatness. Greatness is a vision.
Is Rome worth one good man’s life? We believed it once. Make us believe it again.[to Senator Gracchus]
If you find yourself alone, riding in green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled. For you are in Elysium, and you’re already dead!
If they lie to me, they don’t respect me. If they don’t respect me, how can they ever love me?[to Lucilla]
I’ve seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark. Rome is the light.[to Marcus Aurelius]
I will win the crowd. I will give them something they’ve never seen before.[to Proximo]
I will give the people the greatest vision of their lives.
I wasn’t the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd, and you’ll win your freedom.[to Maximus]
I knew a man who once said, “Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.”[to Commodus, quoting Marcus Aurelius]
I have felt alone all my life, except with you.[to Maximus]
