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Youths Of The Pellaians And Of The Macedonians And Of The Hellenic Amphictiony And Of The Lakedaimonians And Of The Corinthians... And Of All The Hellenic Peoples, Join Your Fellow-soldiers And Entrust Yourselves To Me, So That We Can Move Against The Barbarians And Liberate Ourselves From The Persian Bondage, For As Greeks We Should Not Be Slaves To Barbarians.

Are You Still To Learn That The End And Perfection Of Our Victories Is To Avoid The Vices And Infirmities Of Those Whom We Subdue?

My Logisticians Are A Humorless Lot ... They Know If My Campaign Fails, They Are The First Ones I Will Slay.

Remember Upon The Conduct Of Each Depends The Fate Of All.

Now You Fear Punishment And Beg For Your Lives, So I Will Let You Free, If Not For Any Other Reason So That You Can See The Difference Between A Greek King And A Barbarian Tyrant, So Do Not Expect To Suffer Any Harm From Me. A King Does Not Kill Messengers.