Quote by Plutarch Download Open image “If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.” — Plutarch ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
I am involved in the land of a leonine and brave people, where every foot of the ground is like a well of steel,… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great. — David Carradine Copy Share Image
Alexander the Great, who said on his wedding night, It's only a nickname. Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Then he’d given Alexander the territories of Armenia, Media, and the unconquered empire of Parthia.” — Michelle Moran Copy Share Image
“Where he (Alexander) came the inhabitants either accepted him with roses and wine, or fought and were beaten. He preferred the latter.” — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
Alexander III of Macedon is known as Alexander the Great because he killed more people of more different kinds than any other man of… — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
“At last, he began to discourse of fortune and human affairs. "Is it meet," said he, "for him that knows he is but man,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“If it were not my purpose to combine barbarian things with things Hellenic, to traverse and civilize every continent, to search out the uttermost… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
King Agis said, "The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are." — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Alexander wept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds; and his friends asking him if any accident had… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Speech is like cloth of Arras opened and put abroad, whereby the imagery doth appear in figure; whereas in thoughts they lie but as… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
This excerpt is presented as reproduced by Copernicus in the preface to De Revolutionibus: "Some think that the earth remains at rest. But Philolaus… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
