Alexander the Great Quotes
How should a man be capable of grooming his own horse, or of furbishing his own spear and helmet, if he allows himself to become unaccustomed to tending even his own person, which is his most treasured belonging?
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives, translated by Bernadotte Perrin, vol. 7, Harvard UP, 1919, p. 343.
As a lobbyist for the Union Pacific Railroad he "distributed" railroad stock to Congressmen voting on railroad subsidies in connection with the Crédit Mobilier. Ames was censured by the Congress in 1872, for "seeking to procure congressional attention to the affairs of a corporation in which he was interested."
Also utilized by Senator Harris Wofford (Democrat, PA)
Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty. He was born in Pella in 356 BC and succeeded his father Philip II to the throne at the age of 20. He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Western Asia and Northeastern Africa, and by the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of history's most successful military commanders.
