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In the end, when it's over, all that matters is what you've done.

Alexander the Great

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Alexander the Great
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Alexander III of Macedon
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We of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war
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Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you.
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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?
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How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.
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The end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered.
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There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
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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.
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Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.
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There are so many worlds and I have not yet conquered even one.
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O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
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True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.
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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.
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On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight!
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At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!
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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.
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I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
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I send you a kaffis of mustard seed, that you may taste and acknowledge the bitterness of my victory.
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Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.
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My logisticians are a humorless lot ... they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.
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There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well.
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