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Alexander the Great: The great phrases of the conqueror

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Alexander the Great , born in Greece in 356 BC, was king of Macedonia, hegemon of Greece, pharaoh of Egypt, and great king of Media and Persia. During his reign he gave a 180 degree turn to both the cultural and political structure. He managed to gather an army of 30,000 infantry and 5,000 horsemen, and won numerous battles against his enemies. He wanted to conquer the world, but he died at a very young age (32 years) from malaria, so he could not finish his work. He has been considered the greatest strategist in history.

  1. I classify men using only one criterion: virtue. For me, virtuous foreigners are Greeks and evil Greeks are worse than barbarians.
  2. Those who have the courage to overcome fear are set free and those who are conquered by it suffer until they have the courage to defeat it, or death takes them away.
  3. Without knowledge, the skill cannot be focused. Without skill, force cannot be exerted and without force, knowledge cannot be applied.
  4. May all mortal beings from now on live as a single people who agree and work for the advancement in common.
  5. Consider the world as your country, with laws that are common to all and where the best will be who governs their respective tribe.
  6. Love holds two greatest adversities of the opposite sign: loving those who do not love us and being loved by those who cannot love.
  7. Internal differences are wisely resolved through peaceful negotiations. Ultimately, I will be the referee between you.
  8. One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I couldn’t change others.
  9. We are going to behave in such a way that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.
  10. I’d rather live a short, glorious life than a long one in darkness.
  11. 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.
  12. No fortress is so impregnable that a mule laden with gold cannot enter it.
  13. Effort and risk are the price of glory, but it is a precious thing to live with courage and die leaving an eternal fame. I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher Aristotle for living well.

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