- The Thief of Bagdad: I am not a prince. I am less than the slave who serves you-a wretched outcast-a thief. What I wanted, I took. I wanted you-I tried to take you-But when I held you in my arms-the very world did change. The evil within me died. I can bear a thousand tortures, endure a thousand deaths-but not thy tears.
- Guard: This Arab Prince is but a thief. Seek him out!
- The Princess: Quick! Hide thyself. If thou art found with me, they will be merciless. I love you.
- The Holy Man: Toil ---- for by toil the sweets of human life are found.
- The Thief of Bagdad: Thou liest! What I want - I take. My reward is *here*. Paradise is a fool's dream and Allah is a myth.
- The Holy Man: O true believers, gathered in this sacred mosque, earn thy happiness in the name of the true God ---...
- Hermit of the Defile: Knowest thou, rash youth devouring flames, foul monsters, shapes of death beset the path? A hundred years have I been here. Many have gone this way and none returned.
- The Caliph: Thou dog! What torments can we devise for thee! -- Flog him! -- Fling him to the ape! Let him be torn to pieces.