Sextus, you ask how to fight an idea. Well I'll tell you how... with another idea!
Read more Messala QuotesFrom: Ben Hur
Messala: Judah, either you help me or you oppose me, you have no other choice. You're either for me or against me!Judah Ben-Hur: If that is the choice, then I am against you.
Servant: For the Tribune. With the compliments of Quintus Arrius. He awaits your pleasure.Messala: The consul here?Servant: It is Quintus Arrius the Younger, tribune.Messala: Thank him. Bring him to me.Drusus: I didn't know the consul had a son.Messala: I've heard of the young Arrius. He's a champion of the great circus. Why is he here presenting me with gifts?Drusus: Perhaps he will race against you in the games.Messala: Look.Drusus: It's magnificent.Messala: And from a man I've never met!Judah Ben-Hur: You're wrong, Messala.
It's a Roman world. If you want to live in it, you must become part of it.