Death Quote by Anonymous

A gladiator's first distraction is his last.

— Oenomaus

- How is he in bed? Gladiator or poet? - Hmmm... A poetic gladiator.

— Anonymous

“The defeated gladiator fought reasonably well, and at the end, with a sword to his throat, raised his hand to appeal for mercy. Tavius…

— Phyllis T. Smith

The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms.

— Ovid

“Back in the days when gladiators hacked away at each other, there was always the man who decided whether the defeated should live or…

— Gary Corby

“There is no doubt that to the ancients of circa 100 A.S., games implied bloodshed; but gladiators' hand-to-hand combats to the death featured in…

— Norman F. Cantor

“ Hap If but some vengeful god would call to me From up the sky, and laugh: “Thou suffering thing, Know that thy sorrow…

— Thomas Hardy

“His face, like everything she knew about him, was purely contradictory. That cherubic mouth with those penetrating eyes: he was too lovely to be…

— Priscilla Glenn

“… the straight brows fell low over the over the clear, deep-set, earnest eyes, which, without being unpleasantly sharp, seemed intent enough to penetrate…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“To be rendered unconscious; to lie exposed, without shame, at the mercy of others; to be touched, incised, plundered, remade - this is what…

— Margaret Atwood

All the delights of sense, or heart, or intellect, with which you could once have tempted him, even the delights of virtue itself, now…

— C. S. Lewis

He who stands like a pilar dies in battle. He who bends like a reed is triumphant!

— Christopher Paolini