The 57 Best Phrases of Alexander the Great

I leave you 57 Phrases from Alexander the Great , One of the most legendary and renowned conquerors in the history of mankind.

He was a man who from a very early age began to dream of regaining the glory of Greece through the battle, and who, with a privileged education, was able to take everything he knew of the World.

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1. There is nothing impossible for the one who tries it.
2. Of the realization of each, depends the destiny of all.
3. 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.
4. I would rather live a short life and full of glory than a long immersed in darkness.
5. For me I have left the best: hope.
6. In the end, when it's all over, the only thing that matters is what you've done.
7. When we give someone our time, we actually give a part of our life, that we will never recover.
8. Effort and risk are the price of glory, but it is a precious thing to live with courage and die leaving eternal fame.
9. If I wait, I will lose my audacity and youth.
10. God is the common father of all men.
11. I am indebted to my father for living, but with my teacher (Aristotle) ​​for living well.
12. 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.
13. How great are the dangers I face, to win a good name in Athens.
14. Sex and sleeping alone, make me aware that I am mortal.
15. There is something noble about listening to myself speaking badly, when I am doing well.
16. Not considering what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.
17. Heaven can not tolerate two suns, nor earth two masters.
18. I'm dying for the treatment of many doctors.
19. I would have preferred to surpass others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the measure of my power and dominion.
20. Now they fear punishment and pray for their lives, so I will set you free, not for any other reason, but to 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 the messengers.
21. There are no more worlds to conquer.
22. Friends, there you have the man who was going to move from Europe to Asia: passing from one bed to another has ended up on the floor.
23. But honestly, if it were not Alexander, it would be Diogenes.
24. True love never has a happy ending, because there is no end to true love.
25. Throughout all the generations of the human race, there has been a constant war: a war against fear. Those who have the courage to defeat it, are made free and those who are conquered by it, suffer until they have the courage to defeat it, or death takes them.
26. Bury my body and build no monument. Keep my hands out, so people know that whoever won the world had nothing on their hands when he died.
27. The end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and diseases of which we submit.
28. Our enemies are Meedos and the Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives. In Macedonia, for generations we have been trained in the harsh school of danger and war. Above all, we are free men and they are slaves. There are Greek troops, surely, in the Persian service, but their cause is different from ours! They will be fighting for a salary; We, on the contrary, fight for Greece, and our heart will be in it. As for our foreign troops: Thracians, Illyrians, Peonians, Agrianes, are the best and most robust soldiers in Europe and will find themselves as opponents to the less tense and softer tribes of Asia. And finally, which two men do they have with supreme command? We have Alejandro, and they have Darius.
29. Without knowledge, the skill can not be focused. Without ability, strength can not be exercised and without strength, knowledge can not be applied.
30. Their ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Greece and they did us great harm, although we had not attacked him. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and the desire to punish the Persians I have taken from you.
31. What an excellent horse they lose for lack of skill and courage to handle it!
32. My treasure lies in my friends.
33. As for the limits of one's labors, I, for example, recognize none for a magnanimous man except those who should lead to noble attainments.
34. Let's behave in a way that all men want to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.
35. With the right attitude, self-imposed limitations disappear.
36. May God keep them from the venom of the snake, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.
37. The aim and object of the conquest is to avoid doing the same as the conquered.
38. Not all light comes from the Sun.
39. I am involved in the land of a brave and brave people, where every piece of land is like a well of steel, confronting my soldiers. You have brought a single child into the world, but everyone on this earth can be called Alexander.
40. The young men of Macedonia... of Corinthia... and of all the Hellenic peoples, join their comrades in arms and commend me; So that we may advance against the barbarians and free ourselves from Persian slavery, for the Greeks should not be slaves to the barbarians.
41. I do not have a single part of my body, at least in front of it, that it has no scars; There is no weapon, it is used closely, or it is launched from a distance, from which it does not bear the mark. Moreover, I have been wounded by the sword, hand in hand; With arrows, I have been wounded from a catapult and many times I have been beaten with stones and clubs.
42. Love has two major adversities of the opposite sign: to love those who do not love us and to be loved by whom we can not love.
43. God has to love the Afghans, for He has made them beautiful.
44. While on his side there are more men standing, on our side will fight.
45. I do not steal victories.
46. Does it not consider that a matter worthy of weeping, that when there being a great multitude of them (worlds), there are still some that we have not conquered?
47. Is it possible, friends, that my father anticipates taking everything and leaves us nothing brilliant and glorious that we can believe?
48. We will fight for Greece and our hearts will remain in it.
49. My strategists lack a sense of humor... they know that if I fail in my campaign, they are the first ones I'm going to kill.
50. I'm not happy about this victory. I would be happy, brother, if I could get it by standing beside him, since we are joined by the same blood, the same language and desires.
51. No fortress is so impregnable that a mule loaded with gold can not enter it.
52. In the tomb of Achilles, oh fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of his glory.
53. I foresee a great funeral contest about me.
54. Holy shadows of the dead, I am not to blame for their cruel and bitter fate, but the damn rivalry that brought sister nations and sister nations to fight each other.
55. I send you a kaffis of mustard, so you can taste and recognize the bitterness of my victory.
56. Should I pass by and let you be thrown by the expedition that has guided Greece, or would I have to consider it again because of its magnanimity and its virtues in other respects?
57. You have not done well in publishing your books of oral doctrine; Then, in what do we surpass others now, if the things in which we have been particularly instructed reveal themselves to all?
58. It is better not to have any woman at dinner at all, than to have an ugly one.

Alexander the Great was born in Pallas, Macedonia, in 356 BC. He was the first son of Philip II of Macedon and Olympia (daughter of Neoptólemo I of Epirus) and as it corresponded, being the heir of the kingdom, received the best military education on the part of its father and had like intellectual master to the best of the masters Of the time: Aristotle.

The fruits of all his preparation were put to the test after the death of Philip, when many of the peoples who had been conquered by him, rebelled. At that time and at a very early age, Alexander launched into battle, silencing his internal enemies and strengthening his might.

Having regained their territories, the young king decided to continue with the work that his father had begun: a revenge of the Greeks before the Persians. It was then that he took his armies and during the next decade (and a couple of years), was dedicated to conquer and defeat this strong adversary.

Inspired by"The Iliad"and the history 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.

There, on a coastal area west of the Nile, built the first and most beautiful Alexandria, one of the legendary Lighthouse of Alexandria and one of the largest and most famous libraries in ancient history: the library of Alexandria.

With this city, it was not only intended to facilitate trade between Greece and Egypt, but also to initiate what it considered as a true strategy of conquest in the long term: exchange and cultural penetration. With an architecture in the Greek style, Alexander wanted to introduce Hellenic aspects in Egypt, whose footprint touched both the inhabitants of the time and future generations.

It was there also that he proclaimed himself as the son of Ra, that is, as a direct descendant of the Sun. And so, relying on the Egyptian army and with an enlarged ego, King Pharaoh set out to the east, ready to defeat every Battle... and he got it.

Not only did he defeat the Persian kings, he continued with his policy of cultural mixing, in an attempt to perpetuate the union between the two territories. To make sure his conquest was complete, he had hundreds of his officers and soldiers marry Persian women, and he himself married two princesses, one of them Roxana, daughter of the Bactrian noble Oxiartes.

Tirelessly, he planned to continue his march beyond the conquered territories, however his soldiers, tired of years of struggle and wanting to return home, caused a mutiny, forcing Alexander to rethink his strategies and objectives.

Only such an event could stop this conqueror, who set out on his way home. Evidently, throughout his adventures and decisions, he had accumulated not only territories but also enemies, detractors... and diseases. One of these two evils was the cause of his death in Babylon.

Some historians claim that Alexander was poisoned during the banquet held in his honor, organized by his friend Larisa Medium. According to count, it was after this banquet that began the illness that would end his life 12 days later.

Others, however, taking into account the time elapsed between one event and another (banquet and death), argue that the poisoning theory is unlikely and that, on the contrary, the king died from a relapse into malaria.

The truth is that after his death, his direct heirs: his mother, his wives and children, were killed by Casandro (son of Antipater, one of Alexander's generals). And given the vastness of the empire he forged, he was divided among the rest of his generals, remaining:

• Ptolemy: ruler of Egypt and founder of the Tolomean dynasty.
• Demetrius: king of Macedonia and founder of the Antigónida dynasty.
• Seléuco: leader of Mesopotamia and Syria and founder of the Seléucida dynasty.
• Lysimachus: ruler of Thrace and Asia Minor. He was the only one of the generals who was not able to consolidate their territories or found a dynasty.

Alejandro's fame grew bigger and bigger. But beyond his attempts to perpetuate his name through cities and monuments, it was his exploits and achievements that left a mark in the ancient age and in the history of the world in general. For until then no man had ventured into battle in territories as far removed from Greece as Alexander the Great did.