About Alexander the Great: Alexander III of Macedon is considered one of history's most successful military commanders.
How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.
I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.
Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
I am dying with the help of too many physicians.
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war. Above all, we are free men, and they are slaves. There are Greek...
Holy shadows of the dead, I am 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,...
If it were not my purpose to combine barbarian things with things Hellenic, to traverse and civilize every continent, to search out the uttermost parts of land and sea, to push the bounds of Macedonia to the farthest Ocean, and to disseminate and sho...
A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough. [ ]
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. { }
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 mess...
, “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.
Now that the wars are coming to an end, I wish you to prosper in peace. May all mortals from now on live like one people in concord and for mutual advancement. Consider the world as your country, with laws common to all and where the best will govern...
There are no more worlds to conquer!
An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.
