https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:24:31 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/franzoni-david/5502/ https://wist.info/franzoni-david/5502/#respond Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:08:23 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=5502 Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.

David Franzoni (b. 1947) American screenwriter
Gladiator (2000)

Screenplay, with John Logan, William Nicholson. The words are attributed in the movie to Marcus Aurelius, though they are not found in his writings. In his Meditations 9.3, though, he writes, "Do not despise death, but welcome it gladly" (or, alternately, "smile at its coming.") ]]> https://wist.info/franzoni-david/5502/feed/ 0 5502 https://wist.info/franzoni-david/6520/ https://wist.info/franzoni-david/6520/#respond Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:15:03 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=6520 Ultimately, we’re all dead men. Sadly we cannot choose how. But, we can decide how we meet that end in order that we are remembered as men.

David Franzoni (b. 1947) American screenwriter
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