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At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!
Alexander the Great
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Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you up again because of your magnanimity and your virtues in other respects?
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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.
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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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O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
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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 do not steal victory.
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I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
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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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A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
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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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God must have loved Afghans because he made them so beautiful.
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There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well.
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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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Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.
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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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I am dying with the help of too many physicians.
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In the end, when it's over, all that matters is what you've done.
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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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Are there no more worlds that I might conquer?
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