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Death5 quotes
Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back. — Maximus Decimus Meridius · 2000We all end up dead, it's just a question of how and why. — William Wallace · 1995All men lose when they die and all men die. But a slave and a free man lose different things. — Spartacus · 1960Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That's why he's not afraid of it. — Spartacus · 1960If you're afraid of dying, shows you have a life worth keeping. — Dr. Nicholas Garrigan · 2006Slavery3 quotes
My back is thick with scars for protesting my freedom. — Solomon Northup · 2013All men lose when they die and all men die. But a slave and a free man lose different things. — Spartacus · 1960Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That's why he's not afraid of it. — Spartacus · 1960Fear of death2 quotes
Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back. — Maximus Decimus Meridius · 2000If you're afraid of dying, shows you have a life worth keeping. — Dr. Nicholas Garrigan · 2006Inevitability of death2 quotes
Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back. — Maximus Decimus Meridius · 2000We all end up dead, it's just a question of how and why. — William Wallace · 1995Life and death2 quotes
Every man dies, not every man really lives. — William Wallace · 1995If you're afraid of dying, shows you have a life worth keeping. — Dr. Nicholas Garrigan · 2006The masses2 quotes
Are you not entertained? — Maximus Decimus Meridius · 2000The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate, it's the sand of the Coliseum. He'll bring them death—and they will love him for it. — Gracchus (Gladiator) · 2000World War II2 quotes
There may be dark days ahead, and war can no longer be confined to the battlefield, but we can only do the right as we see the right, and reverently commit our cause to God. If one and all, we keep resolutely faithful to it, then, with God's help, we shall prevail. — King George VI · 2010I'm very much afraid, sir, that your greatest test is yet to come. — Stanley Baldwin · 2010Actions have consequences1 quote
Brothers, what we do in life...echoes in eternity. — Maximus Decimus Meridius · 2000Belief in God1 quote
Privately I believe in none of them. Neither do you. Publicly I believe in them all. — Gracchus (Spartacus) · 1960Betrayal1 quote
By condemning without hesitation an old friend, I shall be feared. — Messala · 1959Comfort food1 quote
Fried chicken just tend to make you feel better about life. — Minny Jackson · 2011Death as a blessing1 quote
Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That's why he's not afraid of it. — Spartacus · 1960Duty1 quote
Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to. — Cicero · 2000Entertainment1 quote
Are you not entertained? — Maximus Decimus Meridius · 2000Fighting for freedom1 quote
Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live... at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take...our freedom! — William Wallace · 1995Following your heart1 quote
Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it. — Malcom Wallace · 1995Food1 quote
Fried chicken just tend to make you feel better about life. — Minny Jackson · 2011Freedom1 quote
All men lose when they die and all men die. But a slave and a free man lose different things. — Spartacus · 1960Freedom of thought1 quote
You can break a man's skull, you can arrest him, you can throw him into a dungeon. But how do you control what's up here? How do you fight an idea? — Sextus · 1959Fried Chicken1 quote
Fried chicken just tend to make you feel better about life. — Minny Jackson · 2011Hate1 quote
Your eyes are full of hate, forty-one. That's good. Hate keeps a man alive. It gives him strength. — Quintus Arrius · 1959Legacy1 quote
Brothers, what we do in life...echoes in eternity. — Maximus Decimus Meridius · 2000Life1 quote
If you're afraid of dying, shows you have a life worth keeping. — Dr. Nicholas Garrigan · 2006Living life to the fullest1 quote
Every man dies, not every man really lives. — William Wallace · 1995Looking back1 quote
When a man sees his end, he wants to know there was some purpose to his life. — Marcus Aurelius · 2000Man and the universe1 quote
Everyone runs in her own way, or his own way and where does the power come from, to see the race to its end? From within. — Eric Liddell · 1981Meaning of life1 quote
When a man sees his end, he wants to know there was some purpose to his life. — Marcus Aurelius · 2000Mercy1 quote
Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't. — Oskar Schindler · 1993Nature of man1 quote
It's our wits that make us men. — Malcom Wallace · 1995