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leaped upon his back, pushed him to a full gallop, and returned
safely, Philip cried, " Seek another kingdom, my son, that may be
worthy of thy abilities; for Macedonia is too small for thee." ?
Life. When Philip stumbled from the effect of passion and wine, at
the festival of his second marriage, Alexander exclaimed, " Men of
Macedou, what a fine hero the states of Greece have to lead their
armies from Europe to Asia he is not able to pass from one table to
another without falling " ? Ibid. Were I not Alexander, I would be
Diogenes. Because when he came to converse with the cynic
philosopher at Corinth, he was so struck w:ith his life and
learning that he said, " Had I not been a philosopher in deeds, I
would have devoted myself to the study of words." Plutarch: Fortune
of Alexander the Great. It was at this interview that Alexander,
asking Diogenes what he could do for him, was told, "Only stand a
little out of my sunshine." Napoleon, speaking in 1814 of the
Macedonian's Russian namesake, said, " If I were not Napoleon, I
would be Alexander." When he divided his revenues among his
friends, while preparing his Asian campaign, and Perdiccas asked
him what he retained for himself, he answered, "Hope." ? "If hope
is sufficient for Alexander," replied his general, "it is
sufficient for Perdiccas." At the tomb of Achilles, Alexander
exclaimed, " O fortunate youth, who found a Homer to proclaim thy
valor " which Cicero quotes in the oration for the poet Archias: "
0 fortunate ailoles- cens, qui tuce virtutis Homerum prreconem
invcneris " When asked at Ilium if he would like to see the lyre of
Paris, he replied, "I would rather see the lyre of Achilles,"
preferring that to which the warrior had sung the glorious actions
of the brave. ? Life. He always travelled with...
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