Quote #7

Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas (Greece) and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you...

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  7. If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes.
  8. To the strongest!

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