ALEXANDER THE GREAT

1. Verily, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.—ALEXANDER, TO DIOGENES, Plutarch: Alexander

2. A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.—Greek Epigram on Alexander

3. If Alexander wishes to be a god, let him set up as a god.—Greek Epigram

4. Whenever Alexander heard Philip had taken any town of importance, or won any signal victory, instead of rejoicing at it altogether, he would tell his companions that his father would anticipate everything, and leave him and them no opportunities of performing great and illustrious actions.—PLUTARCH, Lives

5. Alexander wept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds, and his friends asking him if any accident had befallen him, he returned this answer: Do you not think it is a matter worthy of lamentation that, where there is such a vast multitude of worlds, we have not yet conquered one?—PLUTARCH, On the Tranquillity of the Mind

6. Alexander was below a man, when he affected to be a god.—Proverb

7. Alexander, the conqueror of so many kings and nations, was laid low by anger and grief.—SENECA