Alexander the Great — "I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the e…"

I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
Alexander the Great — Alexander the Great Ancient · Macedonian conqueror

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Reported by Plutarch, indicating his intellectual ambition.

Date: c. 340 BCE

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