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 brother people, to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine.… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
My logisticians are a humorless lot ... they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay. — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion. — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
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… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. { His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle }” — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well; — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
If we turn our backs of the Scythians who have provoked us, how shamefully shall we march against the revolted Bactrians; but if we… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory! — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms. — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
So far as I am concerned, I could not be accused of having set eyes, or having wished to set eyes, upon Darius' wife:… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
