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title: "3 Alexander Quotes By William Bolitho"
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> [“Here, in Egypt, the morning of Alexander’s adventure ends. Henceforth he is divided; Alexandria is his first possession and he is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/here-in-egypt-the-morning-of-alexander-s-adventure-ends-henceforth-he/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

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> [“Where he (Alexander) came the inhabitants either accepted him with roses and wine, or fought and were beaten. He preferred the latter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/where-he-alexander-came-the-inhabitants-either-accepted-him-with/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

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> [“If he had wished, he could have annexed Denmark; and ended a thousand years of war and history. But Charles had no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/if-he-had-wished-he-could-have-annexed-denmark-and-ended-a-thousand/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

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## Other authors on Alexander

## More by William Bolitho

> [“To a Bonaparte it represents what Jacob Astor meant when he said, “The first hundred thousand dollars are the most difficult.” It is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/to-a-bonaparte-it-represents-what-jacob-astor-meant-when-he-said-the/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

> [“All these outposts were broken in,and that which in other histories would have counted as three victories did not delay the progress of Charles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/all-these-outposts-were-broken-in-and-that-which-in-other-histories/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

> [The profession of magician, isone of the most perilous and arduous specialisations of the imagination. On the one handthere is the hostility of God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/the-profession-of-magician-isone-of-the-most-perilous-and-arduous/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

> [We will never have Fascism in England; no Englishman will dress up, not even for a revolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/we-will-never-have-fascism-in-england-no-englishman-will-dress-up-not/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

> [The shortest way out of Manchester is notoriously a bottle of Gordon's gin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/the-shortest-way-out-of-manchester-is-notoriously-a-bottle-of-gordon/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

> [A very beautiful woman hardly ever leaves a clear-cut impression of features and shape in the memory: usually there remains only an aura of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/a-very-beautiful-woman-hardly-ever-leaves-a-clear-cut-impression-of/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

> [General jackdaw culture, very little more than a collection of charming miscomprehensions, untargeted enthusiasms, and a general habit of skimming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/general-jackdaw-culture-very-little-more-than-a-collection-of/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

> [Dare, will, keep silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/dare-will-keep-silence/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

> [“The adventurer, by minimum definition, is an individualist. The life of adventure is an unsocial game; therefore in direct contrast with the married, supported…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/the-adventurer-by-minimum-definition-is-an-individualist-the-life-of/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

> [“Like most people of his temperament, though sociable, he (Napolean) disliked company in which he would have to appear merely as one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/like-most-people-of-his-temperament-though-sociable-he-napolean/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

> [The profession of magician, is one of the most perilous and arduous specializations of the imagination. On the one hand there is the hostility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/the-profession-of-magician-is-one-of-the-most-perilous-and-arduous/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

> [“Napoleon fell into the situation that is the misery of many men of action, and lost the power of enjoying things directly, by himself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/napoleon-fell-into-the-situation-that-is-the-misery-of-many-men-of/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

> [It is when Pirates count their booty that they become mere thieves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/it-is-when-pirates-count-their-booty-that-they-become-mere-thieves/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

> [“In politics, where everything romantic and sentimental is folly, the converse is usually considered true, and every brutality is thought sound sense”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/in-politics-where-everything-romantic-and-sentimental-is-folly-the/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

> [“The historic moment is always simple and brief: it belongs to one man and one will alone, without possibility (if it be truly ripe)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bolitho/the-historic-moment-is-always-simple-and-brief-it-belongs-to-one-man/)

[William Bolitho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bolitho/)

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