Alexander the Great

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.

An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.

Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can 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 messengers.

There are no more worlds to conquer!

Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war. Above all, we are free men, and they are slaves. There are Greek troops, to be sure, in Persian service _ but how different is their cause from ours! They will be fighting for pay _ and not much of at that; we, on the contrary, shall fight for Greece, and our hearts will be in it. As for our foreign troops _ Thracians, Paeonians, Illyrians, Agrianes _ they are the best and stoutest soldiers in Europe, and they will find as their opponents the slackest and softest of the tribes of Asia. And what, finally, of the two men in supreme command? You have Alexander, they _ Darius!

A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough.]

, __s for a limit to one__ labors, I, for one, do not recognize any for a high-minded man, except that the labors themselves should lead to noble accomplishments.

Now that the wars are coming to an end, I wish you to prosper in peace. May all mortals from now on live like one people in concord and for mutual advancement. Consider the world as your country, with laws common to all and where the best will govern irrespective of tribe. I do not distinguish among men, as the narrow-minded do, both among Greeks and Barbarians. I am not interested in the descendance of the citizens or their racial origins. I classify them using one criterion: their virtue. For me every virtuous foreigner is a Greek and every evil Greek worse than a Barbarian. If differences ever develop between you never have recourse to arms, but solve them peacefully. If necessary, I should be your arbitrator.

Holy shadows of the dead, I am not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since we are united by the same language, the same blood and the same vi