“You have the spirit to fight back but the good sense to control it....” – Quintus Arrius, Ben-Hur ... Movie Quotes Database

[to Judah]

You have the spirit to fight back but the good sense to control it. Your eyes are full of hate, Forty-One. That's good. Hate keeps a man alive. It gives him strength.

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