Simonides: Judah-Ben Hur! You've come back to us like a returning faith! Oh Judah, I should like to laugh again. Let us laugh! Judah Ben-Hur: We will laugh. Simonides: There will be joy again in this house! We will celebrate! Among the dust and cobwebs... [Simonides sobs] - Sam Jaffe (as Simonides) in Ben-Hur (1959)

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Balthasar: [during Jesus Christ's Crucifixion] I have lived too long. - Finlay Currie (as Balthasar / Narrator) in Ben-Hur (1959)

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Balthasar: Pardon me - you are a stranger here. Would you be from Nazareth? Judah Ben-Hur: Why do you ask? Balthasar: I thought... you might be the one... the one I have come back from my country to find. He would be about your age. Judah Ben-Hur: Who? Balthasar: When I find him, I shall know him. - Finlay Currie (as Balthasar / Narrator) in Ben-Hur (1959)

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Pontius Pilate: A grown man knows the world he lives in. For the moment, that world is Rome. - Frank Thring (as Pontius Pilate) in Ben-Hur (1959)

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Judah Ben-Hur: [after he is sentenced to the galleys] May God grant me vengeance! I will pray that you live until I return! Messala: [ironically] Return? - Stephen Boyd (as Messala) in Ben-Hur (1959)

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Judah Ben-Hur: [as Judah Ben-Hur hugs Simonides, in friendship] Simonides. [This is also the only time Simonides' name is verbally mentioned, during the movie] Judah Ben-Hur: . - Charlton Heston (as Judah Ben) in Ben-Hur (1959)

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Judah Ben-Hur: [dipping a hand in a stream] When the Romans were marching me to the galleys, thirst had almost killed me. A man gave me water to drink, and I went on living. I should have done better if I'd poured it into the sand! Balthasar: No. Judah Ben-Hur: I'm thirsty still. - Charlton Heston (as Judah Ben) in Ben-Hur (1959)

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Judah Ben-Hur: He gave me water, and the heart to live. What has he done to merit this? Balthasar: He has taken the world of our sins onto Himself. To this end He said He was born, in that stable, where I first saw Him. For this cause, He came into the world. Judah Ben-Hur: For this death? Balthasar: For this beginning. - Finlay Currie (as Balthasar / Narrator) in Ben-Hur (1959)

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Judah Ben-Hur: I must deal with Messala in my own way. Balthasar: And your way is to kill him. [Judah's reaction indicates Balthasar is correct, as Sheik Ilderim looks on with dismay] Balthasar: I see this terrible thing in your eyes, Judah Ben-Hur, but no matter what this man has done to you, you have no right to take his life. He will be punished inevitably. Judah Ben-Hur: I don't believe in miracles. Balthasar: Your life is a miracle! Why will you not accept God's judgement? - Finlay Currie (as Balthasar / Narrator) in Ben-Hur (1959)

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Judah Ben-Hur: If I cannot persuade them, that does not mean I will help you... *murder* them. Besides, you must understand this, Messala. I believe in the past of my people, *and* in their future. Messala: Future? You are a conquered people! Judah Ben-Hur: You may conquer the land; you may slaughter the people. But that is not the end. We will rise again. - Charlton Heston (as Judah Ben) in Ben-Hur (1959)

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