I leave you the best phrases of Alexander the Great, king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia and one of the most legendary conquerors in history. Due to his conquests, the expansion of the Greek culture in which he participated and the founding of cities, he is considered one of the most influential people in history.
Alexander the Great was born in Pela, Macedonia, in 356 BC. He was the first son of Philip II of Macedonia and Olympia (daughter of Neoptólemo I of Epirus) and as appropriate, being the heir to the kingdom, he received the best military education from of his father and intellectual by Aristotle.
The fruits of all their preparation were put to the test after Philip's death, when many of the peoples who had been conquered by him rebelled. At that very early age, Alexander launched himself into battle, silencing his internal enemies and strengthening his might.
Inspired by "The Iliad" and the stories of Achilles, from Macedonia to India, Alexander was conquering cities that were dominated by the Persians, passing through Egyptian territories, where he was welcomed as a liberator and crowned Pharaoh.
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Best quotes from Alexander the Great
-There is nothing impossible for the one who tries.
-From the realization of each one, the destiny of all depends.
-I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep. I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
-I would rather live a short and glorious life than a long one in darkness.
-For me I have left the best: hope.
-The glory crowns the actions of those who expose themselves to danger.
-In the end, when everything is over, the only thing that matters is what you've done.
-I'd rather live a short life of glory than a long one of darkness.
-A grave now is enough for whom the world was not enough. (Alexander tombstone epitaph).
-When we give someone our time, we actually give a part of our life, which we will never get back.
-Effort and risk are the price of glory, but it is a precious thing to live with courage and die leaving an eternal fame.
-If I wait, I will lose my audacity and my youth.
-God is the common father of all men.
-I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher (Aristotle) for living well.
-How great are the dangers I face, to earn a good name in Athens.
-Sex and sleeping alone make me aware that I am mortal.
-I wish the Indians believed me to be a god, since the success of a battle often depends on the report of an enemy's valor, and false reports have many times done such great things as true courage and resolve.
-Oh! I'm miserable! Why didn't I learn to swim?
-How happy it would have been for me to have been killed in battle. It would have been far more noble to have died a victim of the enemy than to sacrifice the wrath of my friends.
-Through every generation of the human race there has been a constant war, a war with fear. Those who have the courage to conquer it are liberated and those who are conquered by it suffer until they have the courage to conquer it, or death takes them.
-There are so many worlds and I haven't conquered even one yet.
-We of Macedonia, during past generations have been trained in the harsh school of danger and war.
-There is something noble in listening to myself speaking badly, when I am doing good.
-The sky cannot tolerate two suns, nor the earth two masters.
-I am dying from the treatment of many doctors.
-I would have preferred to surpass others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the measure of my power and domain.
-Now they fear punishment and beg for their lives, so I will set them free, not for any other reason, but so that they can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant. So don't expect to take any harm from me. A king does not kill messengers.
-There are no more worlds to conquer.
-Friends, there you have the man who was preparing to move from Europe to Asia: going from one bed to another has ended up on the floor.
-But honestly, if it wasn't Alexander, it would be Diogenes.
-True love never has a happy ending, because there is no end to true love.
-Through all the generations of the human race, there has been a constant war: a war against fear. Those who have the courage to defeat him are made free and those who are conquered by him suffer until they have the courage to defeat him, or death takes them away.
-Bury my body and not build any monument. Keep my hands out, so people know that whoever won the world had nothing in their hands when they died.
-Without knowledge, the skill cannot be focused. Without skill, force cannot be exerted and without force, knowledge cannot be applied.
-Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Greece and they did us great harm, although we had not attacked them. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and the desire to punish the Persians I have taken from you.
-What an excellent horse they lose for lack of dexterity and courage to handle it!
-My treasure resides in my friends.
-As for the limits of one's work, I do not recognize any for a magnanimous man, except those that should lead to noble achievements.
-We are going to behave in such a way that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.
-With the right attitude, self-imposed limitations disappear.
-May God save you from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.
-The aim and the object of the conquest is to avoid doing the same as the defeated.
-Not all light comes from the Sun.
-I am involved in the land of a brave and brave people, where each piece of land is like a steel well, confronting my soldiers. You have brought only one son into the world, but everyone on this earth can be called Alexander.
-I don't have a single part of my body, at least in front, that doesn't have scars; there is no weapon, used up close, or thrown from afar, which does not bear the mark. Furthermore, I have been wounded by the sword, hand to hand, with arrows, I have been wounded from a catapult and many times I have been hit with stones and clubs.
-Love holds two greatest adversities of the opposite sign: loving those who do not love us and being loved by those who cannot love.
-God must love the Afghans, for he has made them beautiful.
-The more men are standing on your side, the more they will fight on our side.
-I don't steal victories.
-Do you not consider that a matter worth crying, that when there is a great multitude of them (worlds), there is still some that we have not conquered?
"Is it possible, friends, that my father anticipates taking everything and leaves us nothing brilliant and glorious that we can credit ourselves?"
-We will fight for Greece and our hearts will remain in her.
-My strategists lack a sense of humor… they know that if I fail in my campaign, they are the first to kill.
-I am not happy about this victory. I would be glad, brother, if I obtained it by standing next to you, since we are united by the same blood, the same language and desires.
-No fortress is so impregnable that a mule loaded with gold cannot enter it.
-I foresee a big funeral contest about me.
-Holy shadows of the dead, I am not to blame for their cruel and bitter fate, but for the cursed rivalry that brought sister nations and brother peoples to fight each other.
-I send you a mustard kaffis, so that you can taste and recognize the bitterness of my victory.
-It is better not to have any woman at dinner at all, than to have an ugly one.
-Now that the wars are coming to an end, I wish that you are able to prosper in peace.
-See it, my friends? It is blood. It is human blood. I am human and not divine.
-May all mortal beings from now on live as a single people that agrees and works for the advancement in common.
-Consider the world as your country, with laws that are common to all and where the best will be who governs their respective tribe.
-I do not distinguish men in Greeks and barbarians, as do closed-minded people. I don't care about the descent of the citizens or their racial origins.
-The Greeks, under no circumstances, can be the slaves of the barbarian peoples.
- You have not done well to publish your oral teaching books. So, how do we get ahead of others now, if the things in which we have been brought up in a particular way are revealed to all other people?
-Young Hellenes, Corinthians and Macedonians, join your fellow soldiers and trust me, so that we can go against the barbarians and be able to free ourselves from the chains of the Persians. Because we Greeks don't deserve to be their slaves.
-I classify men using only one criterion: virtue. For me, virtuous foreigners are Greeks and evil Greeks are worse than barbarians.
-The true kings do not kill the people in charge of bringing the news.
-If differences arise between members of the people, they should never resort to arms to solve problems. Instead, do peaceful negotiations. Ultimately, I will be the referee between you.
-Our enemies are the Persians, men who for centuries have led lives full of comforts and luxuries. We, the people of Macedonia, have been trained for danger and for war. We are free and they are slaves.
- Forgive me, Diogenes, for imitating Heracles, emulating Perseus and following in the footsteps of Dionysus, the author and progenitor of my family.
-For my part, I believe that for men of spirit, there is no other goal or end of their labors than the labors themselves.
-I do not consider what Parmenion should receive, but what Alexander should give.
"That's what I would do, if I were Parmenion." However, I am Alejandro, so I will send Dario another resolution. Because just as heaven does not have two suns, Asia cannot have two kings either.
-Look at it, everyone look at it. He can't even stand and wants to reach the heart of Asia.
"Xerxes, the Great, should I go my way and abandon you for the expeditions you led against Greece, or should I raise you up for the magnanimity and virtue you show in other respects?".
-Everything I have heard from Marakanda so far is true, except for the fact that she is more beautiful than I could imagine. That is not true.
-Dinocrates, I appreciate your design as an excellent composition and I am delighted with it. But I understand that anyone who tried to found a city there would be censured for lack of judgment.
-Just as a newborn baby can only be fed with breast milk and cannot grow without it, a city cannot exist without fields and fruits of various kinds that surround its walls.
"Oh, how fortunate young Achilles, who found in Homer the herald of his glory."
-If I were Perdiccas, I'm not going to lie to you, I would have accepted this proposal the first time. But I'm Alejandro, so I won't.
-To the strongest!.
-Oh Athenians, how hard I must work to please you and earn a good name on this earth.
-The possessions that we obtain thanks to our swords are neither safe nor durable, but the love that we earn by kindness and moderation is sure and lasting and must prevail.
-How is a man going to be able to take care of his own horse, polish his spear and his helmet, if he has lost the habit of attending to his own person, which is his most precious possession?
-You will find, I do not question, a way to get to the top if you search diligently. Since nature has not placed anything so high that it is beyond the reach of industry and value.
-Who does not want a victory in which he can unite the places of his kingdom, so divided by nature, and in which he can obtain trophies from other conquered worlds?
"As far as I know, I cannot be accused of having set my eyes on the wife of Dario, the king of the Persians." Nor can I be accused of having wished to do so. On the contrary, I have even refused to listen to those who tell me about their beauty.
-Do you still have to learn that the perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and weaknesses of the peoples we subjugate?
-Soldiers, in recent days, desperate men have tried to separate me from you, but by the grace of the providence of the gods, I am still among the living and I will prevail.
-I could handle that horse better than anyone else.
-Let's talk about the men in command of the two armies of Asia. As a commander, you have Alexander the Great. They, instead, have Dario.