Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great (356 BC-323 BC)

Ruler of Macedon, and an empire that included Greece, Persia, Egypt, and many regions beyond them.

• If I were not Alexander, then I should wish to be Diogenes .
  • After Diogenes who was lying in the sun, responded to a query by Alexander if he could do anything for him with a reply requesting that he stop blocking his sunlight.

• I would not fear a pack of lions led by a sheep, but I would always fear a flock of sheep led by a lion.

• I would do it if I was Parmenion, but I am Alexander.
  • After Parmenion suggested to him after the battle of Issos that he should accept Darius' offer of an alliance, the hand of his daughter in marriage, and all Minor Asia.

• To the strongest!
  • After being asked, by his generals on his deathbed, which one of them would inherit the empire.