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> [“As Alexander would confess years later, sex and sleep more than anything else reminded him that he was mortal. One”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-freeman/as-alexander-would-confess-years-later-sex-and-sleep-more-than/)

[Philip Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-freeman/)

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> [“History has been so fascinated with Alexander the Great that it has overlooked the genius of his father. But by his supreme…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-freeman/history-has-been-so-fascinated-with-alexander-the-great-that-it-has/)

[Philip Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-freeman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/philip-freeman-53987_alexander_history-has-been-so-fascinated-with-alex_481853.jpg)

> [“Alexander was and is the absolute embodiment of pure human ambition with all its good and evil consequences.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-freeman/alexander-was-and-is-the-absolute-embodiment-of-pure-human-ambition/)

[Philip Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-freeman/)

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## Other authors on Alexander

## More by Philip Freeman

> [“As Alexander would confess years later, sex and sleep more than anything else reminded him that he was mortal. One”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-freeman/as-alexander-would-confess-years-later-sex-and-sleep-more-than/)

[Philip Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-freeman/)

> [“jealous men only tormented themselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-freeman/jealous-men-only-tormented-themselves/)

[Philip Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-freeman/)

> [“the universe must have been created by an all-powerful prime mover who, however, took no interest in his handiwork.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-freeman/the-universe-must-have-been-created-by-an-all-powerful-prime-mover/)

[Philip Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-freeman/)

> [“History has been so fascinated with Alexander the Great that it has overlooked the genius of his father. But by his supreme skill at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-freeman/history-has-been-so-fascinated-with-alexander-the-great-that-it-has/)

[Philip Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-freeman/)

> [“There is a king of natural selection that takes place among myths. Those that capture something essential to the human condition can be preserved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-freeman/there-is-a-king-of-natural-selection-that-takes-place-among-myths/)

[Philip Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-freeman/)

> [“Alexander was and is the absolute embodiment of pure human ambition with all its good and evil consequences.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-freeman/alexander-was-and-is-the-absolute-embodiment-of-pure-human-ambition/)

[Philip Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-freeman/)

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