Alexander The Great Quotes

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Image, At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!

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At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!

—Alexander The Great

Image, As for a limit to one’s labors, I, for one, do

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As for a limit to one’s labors, I, for one, do not recognize any for a high-minded man, except that the labors themselves should lead to noble accomplishments.

—Alexander The Great

Image, True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.

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True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.

—Alexander The Great

Image, With the right attitude, self imposed limitations vanish

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With the right attitude, self imposed limitations vanish

—Alexander The Great

Image, I send you a kaffis of mustard seed, that you may taste

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I send you a kaffis of mustard seed, that you may taste and acknowledge the bitterness of my victory.

—Alexander The Great

Image, On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight!

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On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight!

—Alexander The Great

Image, God must have loved Afghans because he made them so beautiful.

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God must have loved Afghans because he made them so beautiful.

—Alexander The Great

Image, I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.

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I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.

—Alexander The Great

Image, Bury my body and don’t build any monument. Keep my hands out

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Bury my body and don't build any monument. Keep my hands out so the people know the one who won the world had nothing in hand when he died.

—Alexander The Great

Image, Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will

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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

Image, May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the

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May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.

—Alexander The Great

Image, Holy shadows of the dead, I’m not to blame for your cruel

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Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people, to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since we are united by the same language, the same blood and the same visions.

—Alexander The Great

Image, We of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war

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We of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war

—Alexander The Great

Image, But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

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But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

—Alexander The Great

Image, There are so many worlds and I have not yet conquered even one.

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There are so many worlds and I have not yet conquered even one.

—Alexander The Great

Image, Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that when

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Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that when there is such a vast multitude of them [worlds], we have not yet conquered one?

—Alexander The Great

Image, My logisticians are a humorless lot … they know if my campaign fails,

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My logisticians are a humorless lot ... they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.

—Alexander The Great