When my casket is being carried to the grave, leave my hands hanging outside. For empty-handed, I came into this world and empty-handed, I shall go! My whole life has been a hallow waste, a futile exercise, for no one at death can take anything with them!

— Alexander the Great

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There are so many worlds and I have not yet conquered even one.

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

— 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

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

— Alexander the Great

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

— Alexander the Great

Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you up again because of your magnanimity and your virtues in other respects?

— Alexander the Great

There is something noble in hearing myself spoken ill of, when I am doing well.

— Alexander the Great

I foresee a great funeral contest over me.

— Alexander the Great

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

— Alexander the Great

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

— Alexander the Great

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!

— 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

My treasure lies in my friends .

— Alexander the Great

Glory crowns the deeds of those who expose themselves to toils and dangers.

— Alexander the Great

Each moment free from fear makes a man immortal.

— Alexander the Great

If I could not be alexander I would be Diogenes.

— Alexander the Great

For my part, I think that to a man of spirit there is no other aim and end of his labours except the labours themselves.

— Alexander the Great

Remember, upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.” – Alexander the Great.

— Alexander the Great

When my casket is being carried to the grave, leave my hands hanging outside. For empty-handed, I came into this world and empty-handed, I shall go! My whole life has been a hallow waste, a futile exercise, for no one at death can take anything with them!

— Alexander the Great
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