The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)

William V. Mong: Cleon

Quotes 

• Cleon, the Slave Dealer : [pandering]  If you're a rich man, a few coppers wouldn't interest you.

  [giving Marcus a coin] 

  Cleon, the Slave Dealer : This is for your work...

  [he gives him a second copper] 

  Cleon, the Slave Dealer : ... and this is for saving my life.

  Marcus : [laughing with contempt]  Just about what the job is worth!

• Cleon, the Slave Dealer : I don't think you should look down on me, my friend. Aren't we in the same business? We both furnish amusement for the people.

  Marcus : I risk my life with the man I'm fighting. You buy and sell wretches to be slaughtered as a spectacle. I'm not proud of myself, but, by Jupiter, compared to you I'm a holy man.

  Cleon, the Slave Dealer : You will never be an old one. It isn't bravery that survives; it's brains.

  Marcus : Yes, it is well known that the rat lives longer than the lion, but who wants to be a rat? I wouldn't do your dirty work - not to save my life!