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On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight! — Alexander The Great

I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity. — Alexander The Great

When we give someone our time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will never take back. — Alexander The Great

No plaque reminds the passer-by of these glories, although there should be one; for those who invent biscuits bring great pleasure to many. — Alexander McCall Smith

God must have loved Afghans because he made them so beautiful. — Alexander The Great

Boston was a great town to go to college in. Maybe that's why there's so many colleges there. I love the town, and I loved Boston University. — Jason Alexander

The end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered. — Alexander The Great

Our imagination is struck only by what is great; but the lover of natural philosophy should reflect equally on little things. — Alexander Von Humboldt

At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory! — Alexander The Great

The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm. — Alexander Woollcott

Thrilled that Gov. Romney enjoys my old character. I enjoyed the character he used 2 b 2. If he'd embrace that again, he'd b a great candidate. — Jason Alexander

Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs? — Nikolai Gogol

Alexander Gonzalez Inarritu is a great director. He's the one I first worked with. He's amazing. — Gael Garcia Bernal

The great fish eat the small. — Alexander Barclay

But why insult the poor, affront the great?'
A knave's a knave, to me, in every state. — Alexander Pope

'Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo ... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great. — David Carradine

Californians tend to be outspoken. When the great migration began, the more timid people must have stayed home, and the bolder ones headed west. — Shana Alexander

Hamish Alexander stood on Benjamin the Great's flag deck with his hands clasped behind him and tried very hard not to feel a sense of godlike power. — David Weber

My dream has come true. I play with the great players and on a great team. I'm smiling and happy and enjoying the time of my life. — Alexander Ovechkin

The Okavango Delta is an astonishing sight: the great Okavango River, rather than flow towards the sea, flows inland, into the sands of the Kalahari. — Alexander McCall Smith

Trust Christ! and a great benediction of tranquil repose comes down upon the calm mind and the tranquil heart. — Alexander MacLaren

We were not told how Alexander the Great was the last person in history to successfully 'pacify' what would become Afghanistan, over 2,000 years ago. — Jake Wood

Socrates had a student named Plato, Plato had a student named Aristotle, and Aristotle had a student named Alexander the Great. — Old Tom Morris

I perceive your lovers purely as the successors of Alexander the Great, incompetent joint rulers of an empire where I once ruled supreme. — Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

Alexander the Great, who said on his wedding night, It's only a nickname. Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons

Warriors like Alexander the Great seek sovereignty over the soil; masters like Sri Yukteswar win a farther dominion - in men's souls. It — Paramahansa Yogananda

In the end, when it's over, all that matters is what you've done. — Alexander The Great

The industry's changed so much that you can't just design something, put on a great show, and say, 'Okay, my job is done.' — Alexander Wang

I do not steal victory. — Alexander The Great

Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the like of whom we will never see again. — Alexander Alekhine

Looking back through history, there are a lot more men who thought they were Alexander the Great than men who actually were. — James S.A. Corey

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

{His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle} — Alexander The Great

Upon the conduct of each determines the fate of all — Alexander The Great

If we were all responsible for the misdeeds of the governments that represent us, thought Isabel, then the moral burden would be just too great. — Alexander McCall Smith

The grave unites; where e'en the great find rest, And blended lie th' oppressor and th' oppressed! — Alexander Pope

Alexander III of Macedon is known as Alexander the Great because he killed more people of more different kinds than any other man of his time. — Will Cuppy

Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design. — Christopher Alexander

Great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant ... — Alexander Hamilton

Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal. — Alexander The Great

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you! — Alexander The Great

If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great. — Alexander Pope

We of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war — Alexander The Great

Alexander could transmit imagination as some other could transmit lust. — Mary Renault

Don Quixote is not an imaginary person; he is as real as Alexander the Great. — Dejan Stojanovic

The never-ceasing boom of the great ocean as it breaks on the beach, drowns all smaller sounds. — Alexander MacLaren

I foresee a great funeral contest over me. — Alexander The Great

The banalities of a great man pass for wit. — Alexander Chase

I am dying with the help of too many physicians. — Alexander The Great

Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue? — Alexander The Great

But to the world no bugbear is so great, As want of figure and a small estate. — Alexander Pope

Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that when there is such a vast multitude of them [worlds], we have not yet conquered one? — Alexander The Great

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians. — Alexander The Great

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

One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once. — Mary Renault

Schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community require time to mature them for execution. — Alexander Hamilton

May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans. — Alexander The Great

Are there no more worlds that I might conquer? — Alexander The Great

He would be billed, in short, as being something like Jesus Christ, Albert Einstein, Alexander the Great, and Santa Claus all rolled into one. Not — James Friend

Tall people are naturally confident. History has proven this - Alexander the Great, Wilt Chamberlain, Gisele. — Chuck Klosterman

The truly great rest in the knowledge of their own deserts, nor seek the conformation of the world. — Alexander Smith

Great conquests trouble, where contempt may please
the one yields glory, and the other ease. — William Alexander, 1st Earl Of Stirling

Alexander the great was ask how he conquered the world he said, "by not waivering". — Billy Graham

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion. — Alexander The Great

I am ready. I'm in great shape. My workouts have been great. I'm ready to get back and help a team get to the Super Bowl. — Shaun Alexander

Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame. — Alexander The Great

[Napoleon has now] surpassed ... Alexander & Caesar, not to mention the great advantage he has over them in the Cause he fights in. — Charles James Fox

There are no more worlds to conquer! — Alexander The Great

Each soul must meet the morning sun, the new sweet earth and the Great Silence alone. — Charles Alexander Eastman

Not all gays respond to the same stuff. Would Alexander the Great have loved Auntie Mame? — Bruce Bawer

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens. — Alexander The Great

A great man is the man who does something for the first time. — Alexander Smith

The great directors managed to dissolve and disappear into the work. They make other people look good. — Alexander Mackendrick

I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give. — Alexander The Great

Every light is not the sun. — Alexander The Great

Bury my body and don't build any monument. Keep my hands out so the people know the one who won the world had nothing in hand when he died. — Alexander The Great

I send you a kaffis of mustard seed, that you may taste and acknowledge the bitterness of my victory. — Alexander The Great

A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so. — Steven Pressfield

With the right attitude, self imposed limitations vanish — Alexander The Great

When Alexander the Great addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, Diogenes replied Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine . — Diogenes

My treasure lies in my friends . — Alexander The Great

He stood between death and life as between night and morning, and thought with a soaring rapture, 'I am not afraid. — Mary Renault

Alexander the Great and his mule driver both died and the same thing happened to both. — Marcus Aurelius

True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love. — Alexander The Great

An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep. — Alexander The Great

There are so many worlds and I have not yet conquered even one. — Alexander The Great

My logisticians are a humorless lot ... they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay. — Alexander The Great

There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well; — Alexander The Great

There is nothing immpossible to him who will try — Alexander The Great

There is nothing impossible to him who will try. — Alexander The Great

But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes. — Alexander The Great

A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough.
[Alexander's tombstone epitaph] — Alexander The Great

Petroleum is the product of a distillation from great depth and issues from the primitive rocks beneath which the forces of all volcanic action lie. — Alexander Von Humboldt

Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all. — Alexander The Great

I have both held and beheld unlimited power and of it I know but one thing. It drives men mad.'
- Alexander the Great — Matthew Reilly

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters. — Alexander The Great

Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied. — Alexander The Great