My father will leave me nothing to do.
- Alexander the Great
His father discouraged him saying he was nimble and weak.
Men of Macedon, what a fine hero the states of Greece have to lead their armies from Europe to Asia ! he is not able to pass from one table to another without falling!
- Alexander the Great
- Alexander the Great
- Alexander the Great
So would I, if I were Parmenio.
- Alexander the Great
To Parmenio, who said that if he were Alexander, he would accept the offer of Darius to pay him ten thousand talents, to cede to him all the countries west of the Euphrates, and to give him his daughter in marriage. PLUTARCH: Life. Thus when Lysander was offered a bribe of fifty talents, and Oleander said he would take it, were he Lysander; " So would I," replied the latter, "were I Oleander."
Were I, not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
- Alexander the Great
At the tomb of Achilles, Meander exclaimed, " O fortunate youth, who found a Homer to proclaim thy valour! "
- Alexander the Great
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