I was looking for a clip of the last two or three minutes of Patton, which ends with George C. Scott describing the victory procession of an ancient conqueror and concluding with the following: “A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning that all glory is fleeting .” Those last four words make me gulp every time I hear them.

January 3, 2009by Jeffrey Wells10 Comments