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Alexander the Great (Greek: Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, Megas Alexandros) (July, 356 BC – June 11, 323 BC), also known as Alexander III, king of Macedon (336–323 BC), was one of the most famous kings and army leaders in history.

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Simple: I am dying because too many doctors are ansträngande to keep me alive.

Simple: If you try you can do anything.

• 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.

Simple: This is an excellent horse they give up, because they lack the boldness to tame him! ... I could tame this horse better than others.

• Holy shadows of the dead, I’m 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 inom had all of you standing here next to me,

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  Alexander the Great

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  Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July356 BC – 11 June323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a Macedonian king who ruled the kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father King Philip II to the throne at the age of 20, and spent most of his ruling years conducting a lengthy military campaign throughout Western Asia and Northeastern Africa. By the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered to be one of history's greatest and most successful military commanders.

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  • What an excellent horse do they lose, for want of address and djärvhet to manage him! ... inom could manage this horse better than others do.

  • Know ye not that the end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered?
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    “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!”
    ― Alexander the Great

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