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Alexander the Great Quotes (25 quotes)
 | Source/Notes: In rejecting peace offer from Darius before the battle of Gaugamela |
| Source/Notes: Attributed |
| Source/Notes: Supposed remarked on the day of his death |
| Source/Notes: Supposed remarked on the day of his death |
| Source/Notes: Referring to Aristotle |
| “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 Source/Notes: As quoted in The British Battle Fleet: Its Inception and Growth Throughout the Centuries to the Present Day (1915) by Frederick Thomas Jane |
| “I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.” ―Alexander the Great Source/Notes: Quoted by Plutarch in Life of Alexander from Plutarch's Lives as translated by John Dryden (1683) |
| “I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.” ―Alexander the Great Source/Notes: Quoted by Plutarch in Life of Alexander from Plutarch's Lives as translated by John Dryden (1683) |
| Source/Notes: As quoted in: A Book of Inspiration (1896) by Orison Swett Marden, p. 55 |
| “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.” ―Alexander the Great Source/Notes: Statement upon seeing Bucephalas being led away as useless and beyond training, as quoted in Lives by Plutarch, as translated by Arthur Hugh Clough |
| Source/Notes: As quoted in "On the Fortune of Alexander" by Plutarch, 332 a-b |
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Alexander the Great
Nationality: Greek
Occupation: Leader
Bio: Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of Macedon, a state in northern ancient Greece. Born in Pella in 356 BC, Alexander was tutored by Aristotle until the age of 16. By the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from the Ionian Sea to the Himalayas.
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