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FREDERICK THE GREAT Every man must get to Heaven his own way. FREDERICK THE GREAT I love opposition that has convictions. FREDERICK 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 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 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 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 If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes. ALEXANDER THE GREAT For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied - whenever feeling has anything to do i... CATHERINE 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 praise loudly. I blame softly. CATHERINE THE GREAT I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. ALEXANDER THE GREAT If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army. FREDERICK THE GREAT I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians. ALEXANDER THE GREAT In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions. CATHERINE 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 He who defends everything defends nothing. FREDERICK 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 A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache. CATHERINE 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 Shall I, that have destroyed my Preservers, return home? 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... 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