Holy shadows of the dead, I am not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people to fight one another.
ALEXANDER THE GREATWhen my casket is being carried to the grave, leave my hands hanging outside. For empty-handed, I came into this world and empty-handed, I shall go!
More Alexander The Great Quotes
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Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame.
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When my casket is being carried to the grave, leave my hands hanging outside. For empty-handed, I came into this world and empty-handed, I shall go!
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In the end, when it’s over, all that matters is what you’ve done.
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But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
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I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.
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For my part, I think that to a man of spirit there is no other aim and end of his labours except the labours themselves.
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On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight!
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A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough.
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Through every generation of the human race there has been a constant war, a war with fear.
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As for a limit to one’s labors, I, for one, do not recognize any for a high-minded man, except that the labors themselves should lead to noble accomplishments.
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My treasure lies in my friends .
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Each moment free from fear makes a man immortal.
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Every light is not the sun.
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Glory crowns the deeds of those who expose themselves to toils and dangers.
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A king does not kill messengers.
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