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> [I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/i-consider-not-what-parmenio-should-receive-but-what-alexander-should/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

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> [I am involved in the land of a leonine and brave people, where every foot of the ground is like a well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/i-am-involved-in-the-land-of-a-leonine-and-brave-people-where-every/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

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> [ “A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough. \[ Alexander's tombstone epitaph \]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/a-tomb-now-suffices-him-for-whom-the-world-was-not-enough-alexander-s/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

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> [“If I could not be alexander I would be Diogenes”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/if-i-could-not-be-alexander-i-would-be-diogenes/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

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> [“If it were not my purpose to combine barbarian things with things Hellenic, to traverse and civilize every continent, to search out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/if-it-were-not-my-purpose-to-combine-barbarian-things-with-things/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/114/alexander-the-great-8774_barbarian_if-it-were-not-my-purpose-to-combine-bar_1869266.jpg)

> [But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/but-truly-if-i-were-not-alexander-i-would-be-diogenes/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

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## Other authors on Alexander

## More by Alexander the Great

> [There are no more worlds to conquer!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/there-are-no-more-worlds-to-conquer/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

> [I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/i-would-rather-excel-others-in-the-knowledge-of-what-is-excellent/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

> [Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/holy-shadows-of-the-dead-i-m-not-to-blame-for-your-cruel-and-bitter/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

> [“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. { His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle }”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/i-am-indebted-to-my-father-for-living-but-to-my-teacher-for-living/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

> [There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well;](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/there-is-something-noble-in-hearing-myself-ill-spoken-of-when-i-am/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

> [If we turn our backs of the Scythians who have provoked us, how shamefully shall we march against the revolted Bactrians; but if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/if-we-turn-our-backs-of-the-scythians-who-have-provoked-us-how/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

> [On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/on-their-side-more-men-are-standing-on-ours-more-will-fight/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

> [I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/i-am-dying-from-the-treatment-of-too-many-physicians/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

> [At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/at-achilles-tomb-o-fortunate-youth-to-have-found-homer-as-the-herald/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

> [For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/for-my-own-part-i-would-rather-excel-in-knowledge-of-the-highest/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

> [So far as I am concerned, I could not be accused of having set eyes, or having wished to set eyes, upon Darius' wife:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/so-far-as-i-am-concerned-i-could-not-be-accused-of-having-set-eyes-or/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

> [Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/are-you-still-to-learn-that-the-end-and-perfection-of-our-victories/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

> [“Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/upon-the-conduct-of-each-depends-the-fate-of-all/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

> [There are so many worlds and I have not yet conquered even one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/there-are-so-many-worlds-and-i-have-not-yet-conquered-even-one/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

> [I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-the-great/i-consider-not-what-parmenio-should-receive-but-what-alexander-should/)

[Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-the-great/)

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