Alexander the Great Quotes

O Athenians, What Toil Do I Undergo To Please You!

How Great Are The Dangers I Face To Win A Good Name In Athens.

I Foresee A Great Funeral Contest Over Me.

At Achilles Tomb, O Fortunate Youth, To Have Found Homer As The Herald Of Your Glory!

Do You Not Think It A Matter Worthy Of Lamentation That When There Is Such A Vast Multitude Of Them [worlds], We Have Not Yet Conquered One?

Shall I Pass By And Leave You Lying There Because Of The Expedition You Led Against Greece, Or Shall I Set You Up Again Because Of Your Magnanimity And Your Virtues In Other Respects?

There Are No More Worlds To Conquer!

I Consider Not What Parmenio Should Receive, But What Alexander Should Give.

I Send You A Kaffis Of Mustard Seed, That You May Taste And Acknowledge The Bitterness Of My Victory.

We Of Macedon For Generations Past Have Been Trained In The Hard School Of Danger And War

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. On The Contrary, I Would Be Glad, Brothers, If I Had All Of You Standing Here Next To Me, Since We Are United By The Same Language, The Same Blood And The Same Visions.

I Am Dying With The Help Of Too Many Physicians.