From "The Egyptian" (1954)
If you get a chance to watch this movie, do so! Brilliant watch, can't believe i haven't seen it before.
"Glory flees like a shadow. All these things have the seed of death in them. Only a thought can live, only a great truth can grow and flourish a truth cannot be killed.
(Are you trying to tell me that you will fight against me?)
Oh you will win that too..
For if you fail to silence me, you know what I will do..
(What will you do physician?)
I will go among the people,
and try to answer the questions that burn in their hearts
the questions that I've asked myself, for all my life
wherever I've wandered in the world, and which were answered for me
by a dying man, I will wear the clothes of a slave
and kick the sandles from my feet, and speak to the wives
as they fry their fish before their mudhuts by the river
to the porters on the docks, to the smiths by their bellows
to the slaves under the yolks, and I will say
A man cannot be judged by the colour of his skin
his clothes, his jewels, or his triumphs
Only by his heart
A good man is better than a bad man
Justice is better than injustice
He who uses mercy is better than he who uses violence."
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Hey, I've discovered I can comment on your blog when I'm in Firefox, but not in Safari.
ReplyDeleteSadly, I have nothing much to say this time, beyond the fact that this film sounds splendid, especially as it has both Peter Ustinov, who is always amusing, and Gene Tierney, who is a cracking bit of totty.
Now feck off and win a few more matches, you shellsuited skiver.