who said the phrase first?

[3Styler]

What we do in life echoes in eternity.  i have this feeling someone really important said it but i cant remember who said it and when and its been bugging me for ages.

[jno]

Russell Crowe in Gladiator?

[charliep88]

harpo marx in A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

[kev100]

Charlie88, It couldn't have been Harpo, he was the one that never spoke.

[Octavius]

Marcus Aurelius ( 121 AD ~180 AD )

[Octavius]

It was also penned by (RC as above) but some time before him, but after Marcus Aurelius:

What we do in life echoes in eternity.
-Magnus Maximus (383-388 A.D.)

[Octavius]

But he would probably have said something like:

Quod In Omni Vita Facimus, In Aeternum Resonat

[acw]

Check out Octavius!!  Not just a latin name eh? :-D

[jno]

Thanks for the correction, Octavius, I might have known Hollywood's best lines wouldn't have come from Hollywood.

[3Styler]

wow Octavius is genius. anyway yeh my question's been answered, i thought i heard it in a film. and it is definetly gladiator right?  yeh didnt expect gladiator was the first place it was said but the fact that i knew where i heard it but forgot was what was bugging me. anyway thanks!