Poppaea Quotes in Quo Vadis (1951)

Poppaea: [as Marcus enters] As usual your entrance is proud and aloof.

Vinicius: I came proudly as fast as my hands and knees will carry me.

Poppaea: And as always, sardonic and unassailable.

Vinicius: So happily, so unassailable? I've never been so readily expertly vanquished in my life.

Poppaea: I believe everything except the word vanquished.

Poppaea: [Suggestively while taking wine] I should like to vanquish you Marcus.

Vinicius: Like the spider who eats her mate when he is no longer a necessity?

Poppaea: [Suggestively] Mmm-Hmmm - Something like that.

Emperor Nero: [as Vinicius and the other soldiers march past] Come closer. Look. They march as they fight: strong, brave, relentless... our unconquerable children. We must take them to our breast.

Poppaea: [Obviously attracted to Vinicius and interpreting the double-entendre literally] Yes, my lord.

[the Empress, soaking naked in a tub of ass's milk and calling to her handmaiden]

Poppaea: Dacia, you're a butterfly with the sting of a wasp. Take off your clothes. Get in here and tell me all about it.