“The mightiest kings have had their minions; Great Alexander loved Hephaestion, The conquering Hercules for Hylas wept; And for Patroclus, stern Achilles… — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
“I am acting, then," continued Alexander, "only on the defensive. The gods, who always favor the right, have given me the victory.… — Jacob Abbott Copy Share Image
“He stood between death and life as between night and morning, and thought with a soaring rapture, 'I am not afraid.” — Mary Renault Copy Share Image
“Alexander the Great slept with 'The Iliad' beneath his pillow. During the waning moon, I cradle Homer’s 'Odyssey' as if it were… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Don Quixote is not an imaginary person; he is as real as Alexander the Great.” — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
“As to the ancient historians, from Herodotus to Tacitus , we credit them as far as they relate things probable and credible,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Why does Alexander the Great never tell us about the exact location of his tomb, Fermat about his Last Theorem, John Wilkes… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
As king, your desires must be stronger than any other. You must be more magnificent, more easily angered than everyone else! He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough. [ Alexander's tombstone epitaph ]” — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
“Alexander the Great slept with 'The Iliad' beneath his pillow. Though I’ve never led an army, I am a wanderer. I cradle… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Where he (Alexander) came the inhabitants either accepted him with roses and wine, or fought and were beaten. He preferred the latter.” — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“We were not told how Alexander the Great was the last person in history to successfully 'pacify' what would become Afghanistan, over… — Jake Wood Copy Share Image
“It would change everything, gentlemen. It would shift the entire balance of power in Europe-maybe the world. Alexander conquered half of it.… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
“If he had wished, he could have annexed Denmark; and ended a thousand years of war and history. But Charles had no… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“Alexander could transmit imagination as some other could transmit lust.” — Mary Renault Copy Share Image
“They say Alexander the Great slept with 'The Iliad' beneath his pillow. Though I have never led an army, I am a… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“The Golden Mean is for the weakling, it was not meant for the likes of Alexander the Great, Cyrus, Pharaohs, or Hitlers… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“About this time he had the sarcophagus and body of Alexander the Great brought forth from its shrine, and after gazing on… — Suetonius Copy Share Image
