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CAESAR: Are you ready to do your duty
for Rome?
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Yes, Father.
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You will not be emperor.
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Which wiser, older man is to take my place?
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My powers will pass to Maximus...
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to hold in trust...
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until the Senate is ready to rule once more.
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Rome is to be a republic again.
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COMMODUS: Maximus.
CAESAR: Yes.
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My decision disappoints you?
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You wrote to me once...
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listing the four chief virtues:
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Wisdom...
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justice...
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fortitude...
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and temperance.
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As I read the list, I knew I had none of them.
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But I have other virtues, Father.
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Ambition.
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That can be a virtue
when it drives us to excel.
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COMMODUS: Resourcefulness, courage.
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Perhaps not on the battlefield,
but there are many forms of courage.
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Devotion to my family...
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to you.
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But none of my virtues were on your list.
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