By the Sword (1991)

F. Murray Abraham: Suba

Quotes 

• Alexander Villard : Do you ever get the feeling that you were born in the wrong age?

  Max Suba : No. I appreciate modern plumbing.

  Alexander Villard : You don't like me much, do you?

  Max Suba : I think you are the greatest fencer that I've ever seen.

  Alexander Villard : Ah. You don't like me at all.

• Max Suba : Like father, like son.

  Alexander Villard : I won two of each.

  Max Suba : Twice the man he was.

• Max Suba : Swordplay is like conversation. You have to learn to listen to your opponent.

• Alexander Villard : Learn to probe for your opponent's weakness, uncover it, and once you have found it? Pop! strike.

  Max Suba : Make yourself aware of your own weaknesses, as well as those of your opponents. The good ones try to cover theirs up. The great ones use theirs. Use your weakness.