History Quote by Philip Freeman

“Alexander's mere name and the fame of his feats raised rulers and realms across virtually the whole world. And those who kept control of…

— Andrew Chugg

Alexander the Great valued learning so highly, that he used to say he was more indebted to Aristotle for giving him knowledge than to…

— Samuel Smiles

Whenever Alexander heard Philip had taken any town of importance, or won any signal victory, instead of rejoicing at it altogether, he would tell…

— Plutarch

“better illustrate this better than the life of one of the most extraordinary warriors the world has even known; a man of legendary ambition,…

— Sean Patrick

“Alexander was and is the absolute embodiment of pure human ambition with all its good and evil consequences.”

— Philip Freeman

“When Alexander saw the depth of his empire he wept for there were no more worlds to concquer. Benefits of a classical education.”

— Hans Gruber

“King Alexander, the son of Ammon and of Philip the king, also supreme king of Europe and all Asia, Egypt and Libya, to the…

— Richard Stoneman

“As he grew older, which was mostly in my absence, my firstborn son, Alexander, became ever more humorous and courageous. There came a time,…

— Christopher Hitchens

“...no one should marvel at the ease with which Alexander [the Great] kept possession of Asia, or at the difficulties which others, like Pyrrhus…

— Machiavelli Niccolo

“to Alexander the Great, who wept when there were no more worlds to conquer...”

— Stanley Bing

“Of whomsoever else he might be the conqueror, Alexander was never the conqueror of India! He did not even see the courtyard (of the…

— Savarkar

“Alexander (at the trial of Philotas): How much happier to have fallen in the fighting, felled by a foe, rather than die by a…

— Andrew Chugg