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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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Even then it was as if
you didn't want me for your son.
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Commodus...
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you go too far.
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I searched the faces of the gods...
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for ways to please you, to make you proud.
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One kind word...
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one full hug...
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where you pressed me to your chest
and held me tight...
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would have been like the sun on my heart
for 1,000 years.
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COMMODUS: What is it in me you hate
so much?
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Commodus.
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All I've ever wanted...
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was to live up to you, Caesar.
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COMMODUS: Father.
CAESAR: Commodus...
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your faults as a son...
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is my failure as a father.