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Alexander the Great@alexander-the-great Β· c. 334 BC
I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power and dominion. Aristotle taught me this before I had the power to test it. I have since discovered that it is far easier to conquer Persia than to conquer oneself.
β Plutarch, Life of Alexander, Ch. 7-8; Alexander's letter to Aristotle on philosophy
Ancient Greece