Proximo : Thrust this into another man's flesh, and they will applaud and love you for that. You may even begin to love themProximo : for that.
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Commodus : I think I understand my own people.Gracchus : Then perhaps Caesar will be so good as to teach us, out of his own extensive experience?Commodus : I call it love, Gracchus. The people are my children, I am their father. I shall hold them to my bosom and embrace them tightly...Gracchus : Have you ever embraced someone dying of plague, sire?Commodus : No, but if you interrupt me again, I assure you that you will.
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.
Your Emperor asks for your loyalty, Maximus. Take my hand, I only offer it once.