Alexander the Great (recorded by Arrian)

Alexander the Great (c. 356-323 BCE)

"Stand firm; for well you know that hardship and danger are the price of glory, and that sweet is the savour of a life of courage and of deathless renown beyond the grave."

• A quote attributed to Alexander the Great in The Campaigns of Alexander (Book 5, section 26) by the Roman/Bithynian historian Arrian, translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt and revised by J. Hamilton. New York; Penguin Classics, 1971.

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Arrian

Arrian (c. 90-173+)

"Luck, remember, is an unpredictable thing, and against what it may bring no man has any defence."

• From Arrian's The Campaigns of Alexander (Book 5), translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt and revised by J. Hamilton. New York; Penguin Classics, 1971. Specifically, it comes out of a speech that Arrian wrote from the point of view of Alexander's advisor, Coenus.

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Arrian (c. 90-173+)

"Ah well! You soon will be dead, and then you will own just as much of this earth as will suffice to bury you."

• A quote attributed to an unnamed Indian sage in The Campaigns of Alexander (Book 7) by Arrian, translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt and revised by J. Hamilton. New York; Penguin Classics, 1971.

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Arrian (c. 90-173+)

"Many things which reason rejects acquire some colour of probability once you bring a god into the story."

• The Campaigns of Alexander (Book 7) by Arrian, translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt and revised by J. Hamilton. New York; Penguin Classics, 1971.

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Arrian

Arrian (c. 90-173+)

"Sir, if there is one thing above all others a successful man should know, it is when to stop."

• A speech by Coenus to Alexander the Great written by Arrian in The Campaigns of Alexander (Book 5), translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt and revised by J. Hamilton. New York; Penguin Classics, 1971.

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Arrian

Arrian (lived approx. 90-173+)

"Most people, if they know they have done wrong, foolishly suppose they can conceal their error by defending it, and finding a justification for it; but in my belief there is only one medicine for an evil deed, and that is for the guilty man to admit his guilt and show that he is sorry for it."

• The Campaigns of Alexander (Book 7) by Arrian, translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt and revised by J. Hamilton. New York; Penguin Classics, 1971.

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Arrian

Arrian (c. 90-173+)

"None of these things, I say, can make a man happy, unless he can win one more victory in addition to those the world thinks so great - the victory over himself."

• The Campaigns of Alexander (Book 4) by Arrian, translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt and revised by J. Hamilton. New York; Penguin Classics, 1971.

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