I, Claudius (TV Mini Series)
Reign of Terror (1976)
Charles Kay: Gallus
Quotes
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Gallus : I've never fully realized before how a small mind allied to unlimited ambition and without scruple can destroy a country full of clever men.
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Gallus : A song sung by every small-town corrupt policeman, which is what you are and what you should have stayed. I've watched your career with fascination, Sejanus. It's been a revelation to me. I never fully realized before how a small mind, allied to unlimited ambition, and without scruple can destroy a country full of clever men. I've seen how frail is the structure of a civilization before the onslaught of a gust of really bad breath!... Yes. But I suppose you're not really the destroyer. We must look elsewhere for that. You're merely the putrefaction that spreads after death - the outward and visible sign of its presence... . You're a lesson in history to me, Sejanus. Proving that above all.. mankind needs... its sense... of smell... .