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Alexander the Great – (20/21 July 356 BC – 11 June 323 BC)
Alexander III was the King of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia, and creator of an empire that included Greece, Persia, Egypt, and many regions beyond them; commonly known as Alexander the Great (in Greek: Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος : Megas Alexandros). He was undefeated in battle and is considered as one of the most notable military commanders in history.
Quotes by Alexander
| I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. | Alexander the Great. |
| I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. | Aristotle was his teacher. |
| What an excellent horse do they lose, for want of address and boldness to manage him! … I could manage this horse better than others do. | Statement upon seeing Bucephalas being led away as useless and beyond training, as quoted in Lives by Plutarch, as translated by Arthur Hugh Clough. |
| A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough. | Alexander’s tombstone epitaph. |
| There is nothing impossible to him who will try. | Alexander the Great. |
| I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. | Alexander the Great. |
| Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all. | Alexander the Great. |
| When we give someone our time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will never take back. | Alexander the Great. |
| If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes. | After Diogenes of Sinope who was lying in the sun, responded to a query by Alexander asking if he could do anything for him with a reply requesting that he stop blocking his sunlight. As quoted in “On the Fortune of Alexander” by Plutarch, 332 a-b |
| Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal. | Alexander the Great. |
| Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue? | As quoted in Lives by Plutarch, as translated by Arthur Hugh Clough |
| Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant, so do not expect to suffer any harm from me. A king does not kill messengers. | Alexander the Great. |
| There are no more worlds to conquer! | Alexander the Great. |
| My treasure lies in my friends. | Alexander the Great. |
| Remember, upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all. | Alexander the Great. |
| Each moment free from fear makes a man immortal. | Alexander the Great. |
| For my part, I think that to a man of spirit there is no other aim and end of his labours except the labours themselves. | Alexander the Great. |
| Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable. | Alexander the Great. |
| Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters. | Alexander the Great. |
| How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens. | Alexander the Great. |
| I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians. | Alexander the Great. |
| How happy had it been for me had I been slain in the battle. It had been far more noble to have died the victim of the enemy than fall a sacrifice to the rage of my friends. | Alexander the Great. |
| I do not steal victory. | Reply to the suggestion by Parmenion, before the Battle of Gaugamela, that he attack the Persian camp during the night, reported in Life of Alexander by Plutarch, as quoted in A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great (1900) by John Bagnell Bury |
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