Alexander the Great — "Are you not ashamed to make so great a display of wealth, and so much to excel y…"

Are you not ashamed to make so great a display of wealth, and so much to excel your king in the costliness of your table?
Alexander the Great — Alexander the Great Ancient · Macedonian conqueror

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To a wealthy satrap, implying he was spending too much and outshining the king.

Date: c. 330 BCE

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