King of the Birds, Lord of the Skies

King of the Birds, Lord of the Skies
Gather ye rose buds while ye may, old time is still a flying;
and this same rose that you see today, tomorrow will be dying.
CarpeDiem: Seize the Day!
- Dead Poets Society

Sunday, April 1, 2007

Proximo: Address to his Gladiators before Battle

Some of you are thinking you won't fight;
some, that you can't fight.

They all say that until they're out there.
Listen. [crowd - now chanting, now cheering]
Thrust this sword into another man's flesh,

and they will applaud and love you for that.
You? You may begin to love them - for that.
Ultimately, we're all dead men.
Sadly, we can not choose how.
But, we can decide how we meet that end in order that we are remembered as men.

(From: Gladiator, 2000)

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