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God must have loved Afghans because he made them so beautiful.
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On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight!
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What an excellent horse do they lose, for want of address and boldness to manage him! … I could manage this horse better than others do.
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If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes.
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I am dying with the help of too many physicians.
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To the strongest!
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I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
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Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
Alexander the Great
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There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well.
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A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
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There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
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O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
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At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!
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I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.
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My logisticians are a humorless lot ... they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.
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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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But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
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Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.
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I foresee a great funeral contest over me.
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Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.
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Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
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Every light is not the sun.
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We of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war.
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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.
Alexander the Great