Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)

Francis X. Bushman: Messala

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Quotes 

• Charioteer : You're fouling me, Roman dog!

  Messala : Yes, and I'll wreck you, Greek, to smash the cursed Jew behind you!

• Ben-Hur : It is good to have you back, Messala - - a Roman who understands my people...

  Messala : Rome rules the peoples she has conquered. It is for them to understand Rome!

  [Ben-Hur frowns] 

  Messala : I meant no offense, Judah. But your stiff-necked race must learn submission to your masters!

• Messala : To be a Roman is to rule the world! To be a Jew is to crawl in the dirt!

• Messala : Egypt! Egypt! I would drown my soul in your eyes! Give me proof of your love!

  Iras : My heart is in the hollow of your hand, Messala. What more do you wish?

  Messala : You, flower of the Nile, will succeed where others have failed - - solve the mystery of Ilderim's driver.

• Messala : Scum of the galleys! I will grind you in the dust before all Antioch!

• Messala : I will ride you down - - wrench off your wheels - trample you into the sand! You shall race - to your death!

• Messala : Vile slave! By all the furies of Hell I curse you!