But Truly, If I Were Not Alexander,

O Athenians, What Toil Do I Undergo To Please You!

I Consider Not What Parmenio Should Receive, But What Alexander Should Give.

Let Us Conduct Ourselves So That All Men Wish To Be Our Friends And All Fear To Be Our Enemies.

Holy Shadows Of The Dead, I'm Not To Blame For Your Cruel And Bitter Fate, But The Accursed Rivalry Which Brought Sister Nations And Brother People, To Fight One Another. I Do Not Feel Happy For This Victory Of Mine. On The Contrary, I Would Be Glad, Brothers, If I Had All Of You Standing Here Next To Me, Since We Are United By The Same Language, The Same Blood And The Same Visions.

My Logisticians Are A Humorless Lot ... They Know If My Campaign Fails, They Are The First Ones I Will Slay.