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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Juba : Can they hear you?Maximus : Who?Juba : Your family. In the afterlife.Maximus : Oh yes.Juba : What do you say to them?Maximus : To my son - I tell him I will see him again soon. To keep his heels down while riding his horse. To my wife... that is not your business.
Proximo : I am Proximo! I shall be closer to you for the next few days, which will be the last of your miserable lives, than that bitch of a mother who first brought you screaming into this world! I did not pay good money for your company. I paid it so that I might profit from your death. And just as your mother was there at your beginning, I shall be there at your end. And when you die - and die you shall - your transition will be to the sound of...Proximo : Gladiators... I salute you.
Gracchus : And after your glorious coup, what then? You take your five thousand and... leave?Maximus : Yes, I will leave. The soldiers will stay here for your protection, under the guidance of the Senate.Gracchus : So, after Rome's all yours, you just give it back to the people. Tell me why.Maximus : Because that was a dying man's last wish. I will kill Commodus. The fate of Rome, I leave to you.Gracchus : Marcus Aurelius trusted you. His daughter trusts you. I will trust you. Give me two days, and I will purchase your freedom. And you, stay alive, or I'll be dead.