At my signal, unleash hell. My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next. The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.
Some people do spend their whole lives together.
New lovers are nervous and tender but smash everything. For the heart is an organ of fire. The saddest thing in life is wasted talent. Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. That is the great gift our country hungers for, something every little peasant boy can look forward to, and with pleasure feel he is a part of - something he can work and fight for.