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Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT

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

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ALEXANDER THE GREAT A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
ALEXANDER, THE GREAT If I were not Alexander, then should wish to be Diogenes.
ALEXANDER, THE GREAT If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT So far as I am concerned, I could not be accused of having set eyes, or having wished to set eyes, u...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy's valor oftentimes de...
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 I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and ...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT How should a man be capable of grooming his own horse, or of furbishing his own spear and helmet, if...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT Who does not desire such a victory by which we shall join places in our Kingdom, so far divided by n...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT Oh! Most miserable wretch that I am! Why have I not learnt how to swim?
ALEXANDER THE GREAT Soldiers, I had lately like to have been taken from you by the attempt of a few desperate men, but b...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT His father is governor of Media, and though he has the greatest command given him of all the rest of...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT I do not pilfer victory.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT How happy had it been for me had I been slain in the battle. It had been far more noble to have died...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath plac...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness ...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT If we turn our backs of the Scythians who have provoked us, how shamefully shall we march against th...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that when there is such a vast multitude of them ...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT I am dying with the help of too many physicians.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT I am not afraid of a pack of lions being led by a sheep, but I am afriad of a pack of sheep led by a...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT If it were not my purpose to combine barbarian things with things Hellenic, to traverse and civilize...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason ...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT Now that the wars are coming to an end, I wish you to prosper in peace. May all mortals from now on ...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimon...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough.

[Alexander's tombstone epit...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT I am not afraid of any army of lions led by a sheep,I am afraid of any army of sheep led by a lion
ALEXANDER THE GREAT I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and ...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity. .
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 When we give someone our time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will never take back.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT There are no more worlds to conquer!
ALEXANDER THE GREAT How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.
ALEXANDER GREAT I am dying with the help of too many physicians.
ALEXANDER GREAT Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
ALEXANDER GREAT I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and ...
ALEXANDER GREAT Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
ALEXANDER GREAT I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
ALEXANDER GREAT There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
ALEXANDER GREAT Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that when there is such a vast multitude of them ...
ALEXANDER GREAT I send you a kaffis of mustard seed, that you may taste and acknowledge the bitterness of my victory...
ALEXANDER GREAT In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity. .
ALEXANDER GREAT You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ...
CATHERINE THE GREAT It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most...
FREDERICK THE GREAT A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.
FREDERICK THE GREAT The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the nex...
FREDERICK THE GREAT I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.
PETER THE GREAT Our work is to present things that are as they are.
FREDERICK THE GREAT Rogues, would you live forever?
FREDERICK THE GREAT The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and th...
FREDERICK THE GREAT If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.
FREDERICK THE GREAT In trying to defend everything he defended nothing.
FREDERICK THE GREAT What is the good of experience if you do not reflect.
FREDERICK THE GREAT The heart itself is only a small vessel,
yet dragons are there, and lions,
there are poisonou...
MAKARIOS THE GREAT An educated people can be easily governed.
FREDERICK THE GREAT I must in the face of a storm, think, live and die as a king.
FREDERICK THE GREAT Every man must get to Heaven his own way.
FREDERICK THE GREAT I love opposition that has convictions.
FREDERICK THE GREAT Peace is the first thing the angels sang.
LEO THE GREAT They say that kings are made in the image of God. If that is what he looks like, I feel sorry for Go...
FREDERICK THE GREAT Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.
FREDERICK THE GREAT Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.
FREDERICK THE GREAT I praise loudly, I blame softly
CATHERINE THE GREAT Talents go by nature not by birth.
FREDERICK THE GREAT I desire to leave to the men that come after me a remembrance of me in good works.
ALFRED THE GREAT I care not for the body which may rot. Yet, for the transgression of the spirit, of moral ethics, of...
THE GREAT PACIFIST My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfied us both. They are to say what they please,...
FREDERICK THE GREAT For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied - whenever feeling has anything to do i...
CATHERINE THE GREAT I praise loudly. I blame softly.
CATHERINE THE GREAT If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army.
FREDERICK THE GREAT In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.
CATHERINE THE GREAT He who defends everything defends nothing.
FREDERICK THE GREAT A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.
CATHERINE THE GREAT Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim...
BASIL THE GREAT We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner.
CYRUS THE GREAT All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find ...
CYRUS THE GREAT Every man has a wild beast within him.
FREDERICK THE GREAT I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.
CATHERINE THE GREAT When someone steals another's clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one...
BASIL THE GREAT I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.
FREDERICK THE GREAT Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604 All that which our blessed Saviour wroug...
GREGORY THE GREAT All religions must be tolerated, for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
FREDERICK THE GREAT EPIPHANY Invisible in His own nature [God] became visible in ours. Beyond our grasp, He chose to...
LEO THE GREAT I have head the nightingale herself.
AGESILAUS, THE GREAT If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks.
FREDERICK THE GREAT Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments.
FREDERICK THE GREAT The truth is always the strongest argument. Sophocles Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and i...
FREDERICK THE GREAT To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty matters, Agesilaus said: "I do not t...
AGESILAUS, THE GREAT If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks
FREDERICK THE GREAT When the Sun Clearest shineth Serenest in the heaven, Quickly are obscured All o...
ALFRED, THE GREAT Do sometimes sink with their own weights. [Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]
CATHERINE, THE GREAT The more a man knows, the more he forgives.
CATHERINE THE GREAT I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.
CATHERINE THE GREAT A man who seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society
FREDERICK THE GREAT A German singer! I should as soon expect to get pleasure from the neighing of my horse.
FREDERICK THE GREAT By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes
FREDERICK THE GREAT Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30.
CATHERINE THE GREAT Hemorrhoids can bleed, typically after a bowel movement, producing blood-streaked stool or toilet pa...
ALFRED THE GREAT What is the good of experience if you do not reflect?
FREDERICK THE GREAT Superstition is the weakness of the human mind; it is inherent in that mind; it has always been, and...
FREDERICK THE GREAT Artillery lends dignity to what might otherwise be a vulgar brawl
FREDERICK THE GREAT Being goal directed is not enough to conquer your enemy. To achieve your goal you need to know and b...
FREDERICK THE GREAT I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.
CATHERINE THE GREAT All this is only for the mice and myself to admire!
CATHERINE THE GREAT You rogues, do you want to live for ever?
FREDERICK THE GREAT Always presume that the enemy has dangerous designs and always be forehanded with the remedy. But do...
FREDERICK THE GREAT If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off
CATHERINE THE GREAT I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his.
CATHERINE THE GREAT I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly wh...
CATHERINE THE GREAT If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers
FREDERICK THE GREAT Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.
CATHERINE THE GREAT In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read . . .
CATHERINE THE GREAT I am one of the people who love the why of things
CATHERINE THE GREAT People drinking these beers enjoy the flavors and drink them a lot slower than normal beers.
CATHERINE THE GREAT For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied... whenever feeling has anything to do ...
CATHERINE THE GREAT Your wit makes others witty.
CATHERINE THE GREAT For in prosperity a man is often puffed up with pride, whereas tribulations chasten and humble him t...
ALFRED THE GREAT Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.
FREDERICK THE GREAT If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off.
CATHERINE THE GREAT I am one of the people who love the why of things.
CATHERINE THE GREAT Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.
CATHERINE THE GREAT Whatsoever one would understand what he hears must hasten to put into practice what he has heard.
ST. GREGORY THE GREAT Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of a certain income can indulge.
ST. GREGORY THE GREAT When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty.
ST. GREGORY THE GREAT The universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man.
ST. GREGORY THE GREAT There are nine orders of angels, to wit, angels, archangels, virtues, powers, principalities, domina...
ST. GREGORY THE GREAT The Lofty Gate of the Royal Tent.
MAHOMET II, THE GREAT A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.
FREDERICK THE GREAT OF PRUSSIA The mountain is passed; now we shall get on better. [Fr., La montagne est passee; nous irons mieux...
FREDERICK, THE GREAT (FREDERICK II) I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his.
CATHERINE GREAT I am one of the people who love the why of things
CATHERINE GREAT In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read . . .
CATHERINE GREAT You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ...
CATHERINE GREAT If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off
CATHERINE GREAT People drinking these beers enjoy the flavors and drink them a lot slower than normal beers.
CATHERINE GREAT A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.
CATHERINE GREAT I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly wh...
CATHERINE GREAT I praise loudly, I blame softly
CATHERINE GREAT For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied... whenever feeling has anything to do ...
CATHERINE GREAT The Many Trials of One Jane Doe.
GREAT WHITE [To call it red would be doing a disservice to the brightest scarlet, and to call the air blue in hi...
GREAT BRITAIN Once Bitten, Twice Shy.
GREAT WHITE I don't have to have all of it, I had some, I'm happy.
GREAT APE Andrea Tafi was the winner of the first professional bike race my wife and I ever saw in 1997 and so...
GREAT BRITAIN I could have done without a long road trip to Basingstoke on the Saturday and then an overnight bus ...
GREAT BRITAIN The organisers have done a fantastic job all week given the volume of traffic we have in this countr...
GREAT BRITAIN GET BACK IN YOUR CAVE.
GREAT BRITAIN Life. It works better if your already smart.
GREAT APE Why can't I think as well as I can see?
GREAT APE I think, I am a thought, that can think. The most basic and at the same time the biggest thought pos...
GREAT APE I don't want to have an opinion anymore. I can't please everyone, isn't that what they're for?
GREAT APE It sounds like I'm already dead, I just don't know it yet.
GREAT APE A fool and his money together again.
GREAT APE I need to learn bigger words and do those (things).
GREAT APE Well we are monkeys, only our eeks and ahhs sound like P's and Q's
GREAT APE And the oldest birds hunt when they can see.
GREAT APE I don't gamble. I take chances. I don't play with money, I play with life as I know it.
GREAT APE There's a big difference between making a change and making a million.
GREAT APE Avenue Q
GREAT WHITE The Angel Song.
GREAT WHITE Our thoughts and prayers are with those that have passed away, those that are suffering and to the f...
GREAT WHITE vigilant in all parts of the country, and especially in the vicinity of potential terrorist targets.
GREAT BRITAIN We realized, rather than go to the next level of garage rock, there was a whole other world out ther...
GREAT BRITAIN Although Edgeworth in the preface justifies much of the work, he must admit that a sizable portion o...
GREAT BRITAIN one country, two systems.
GREAT BRITAIN we demonstrated that one in five elite athletes suffer from exercise-induced asthma.
GREAT BRITAIN It was a symposium of horror and heroism, the like of which has not been known in the civilized worl...
THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC AND GREAT SEA DISASTERS Many of those who elected to remain might have escaped. 'Chivalry' is a mild appellation for their c...
THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC AND GREAT SEA DISASTERS Here in the Netherlands there are towns that take part in the throwing of toilet bowls for a laugh.
WILLEM-ALEXANDER OF THE NETHERLANDS Sometimes it just means flying from Bogota to New York via Amsterdam to have a day with your kids. W...
WILLEM-ALEXANDER OF THE NETHERLANDS I want to be a traditional king first and foremost, building on the tradition of my predecessors sta...
WILLEM-ALEXANDER OF THE NETHERLANDS I'm not a protocol fetishist. It's more important to me that people feel at ease when I'...
WILLEM-ALEXANDER OF THE NETHERLANDS For the hopes of men have been justly called waking dreams.
SAINT BASIL (BISHOP OF CAESAREA) ("THE GREAT") Constant love despite almost impossible anti-clamix towards this place of the rising sun...
ALEXANDER On the way to your success and realisation of the dreams you have to do one tiny thing - start do it...
ALEXANDER As more you're busy and overwhelmed as more free and leisure time you have.
ALEXANDER Occasionally, I don't invent something and I don't lie, sometimes there're moments when I just don't...
ALEXANDER I just believe that someday I'll meet a person who'd describe me from the side as thoroughly and elo...
ALEXANDER Being unique - be yourself, only so you'll distinguish yourself out of the ''grey'' and motionless r...
ALEXANDER Live with the current day, otherwise someday you'll wake up and realise that all remarkable and gorg...
ALEXANDER Endeavour to explore the surrounding world, try to do your best and jump over you head, only in that...
ALEXANDER As more busier and overwhelmed you're, as more free time you have.
ALEXANDER Facing the obstacle don't fall in depression, just reverse the problem and take a glance at it at an...
ALEXANDER Everything what you do has sense. If you don't like the world around you can draw your own, compose ...
ALEXANDER I'm enormously afraid of one inevitable and trivial thing - that one day I'll simply cease to exist.
ALEXANDER Do you know why responsible people do hide price of extremely expensive things? People don't want to...
ALEXANDER For my generation, the bomber jacket is like a replacement for the suit jacket. It's a piece tha...
THE WEEKND I'm the most boring person to talk to.
THE WEEKND

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