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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.
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
I am dying with the help of too many physicians.
I do not steal victory.
Every light is not the sun.
There are no more worlds to conquer!
I foresee a great funeral contest over me.
If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
Are there no more worlds that I might conquer?
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.
Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.
Shall I, that have destroyed my Preservers, return home?
With the right attitude, self imposed limitations vanish
But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight!
God must have loved Afghans because he made them so beautiful.
How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.
There are so many worlds and I have not yet conquered even one.
In the end, when it's over, all that matters is what you've done.
A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
Oh! Most miserable wretch that I am! Why have I not learnt how to swim?
I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.
I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.
There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well.
The end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered.
At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!
We of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war
Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.
For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.
I send you a kaffis of mustard seed, that you may taste and acknowledge the bitterness of my victory.
May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.
My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant deed.
My logisticians are a humorless lot ... they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame.
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?
Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.
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.
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?
Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.
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.
Soldiers, I had lately like to have been taken from you by the attempt of a few desperate men, but by the grace and providence of the gods, I am still preserved.
You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.
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.
Who does not desire such a victory by which we shall join places in our Kingdom, so far divided by nature, and for which we shall set up trophies in another conquered world?
