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title: "2 Alexander Quotes By Juvenal"
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> [“When Alexander The Great was alive the world was not big enough to contain his ambition but while Alexander chafed at the confines of the world in life, in death, “a coffin was enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/when-alexander-the-great-was-alive-the-world-was-not-big-enough-to/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

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> [One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/one-globe-seemed-all-too-small-for-the-youthful-alexander/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

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## Other authors on Alexander

## More by Juvenal

> [Where have you ever found that man who stopped short after the perpetration of a single crime?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/where-have-you-ever-found-that-man-who-stopped-short-after-the/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

> [Everything in Rome has its price.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/everything-in-rome-has-its-price/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

> [Astrology reveals the will of the gods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/astrology-reveals-the-will-of-the-gods/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

> [ Indignation leads to the making of poetry. \[Lat., Facit indignatio versum.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/indignation-leads-to-the-making-of-poetry-lat-facit-indignatio-versum/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

> [The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women, old age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/the-short-bloom-of-our-brief-and-narrow-life-flies-fast-away-while-we/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

> [Some men make money not for the sake of living, but ache In the blindness of greed and live just for their fortune's sake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/some-men-make-money-not-for-the-sake-of-living-but-ache-in-the/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

> [Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who will watch the watchers?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes-who-will-watch-the-watchers/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

> [All things may be bought in Rome with money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/all-things-may-be-bought-in-rome-with-money/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

> [Who is to guard the guards themselves?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/who-is-to-guard-the-guards-themselves/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

> [Dedicate one's life to truth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/dedicate-one-s-life-to-truth/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

> [A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/a-sound-mind-in-a-sound-body-is-a-thing-to-be-prayed-for/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

> [Only death reveals what a nothing the body of man is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/only-death-reveals-what-a-nothing-the-body-of-man-is/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

> [“show me the apartment 235 that lets you sleep! In this city sleep costs millions, and that’s the root of the trouble.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/show-me-the-apartment-235-that-lets-you-sleep-in-this-city-sleep/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

> [ When a man's life is at stake no delay is too long. \[Lat., Nulla unquam de morte cunctatio longa est.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/when-a-man-s-life-is-at-stake-no-delay-is-too-long-lat-nulla-unquam/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

> [What man have you ever seen who was contented with one crime only?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/what-man-have-you-ever-seen-who-was-contented-with-one-crime-only/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

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