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Alexander the Great (1956) Quotes with Sound Clips

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Voice quotes from the movie Alexander the Great (1956), in wav/mp3 format.

Actors: Richard Burton (Alexander the Great), Fredric March (Philip II of Macedon), Peter Cushing (Memnon of Rhodes)

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1 When the great god Zeus, father of Achilles, gave him his choice between a long life of obscurity and a short one filled with glory, he chose glory. So did I.

— Alexander The Great (Richard Burton)

2 Alexander, there's another ancient law of kingship: to trust no one, and to learn how to be alone.

— Philip II Of Macedon (Fredric March)

3 After I am dead, see to it that my body is carried out and cast into the River Euphrates, so that it may disappear, that men will forever believe that from the gods I came and to the gods I returned.

— Alexander The Great (Richard Burton)

4 I am the son of God. The world is my domain, and my mission is to rule it and rebuild it.

— Alexander The Great (Richard Burton)

5 I dreamed of death. And when I awoke, I didn't know whose death it was.

— Philip II Of Macedon (Fredric March)

6 What's an arm or a leg or an eye for the sake of glory?

— Philip II Of Macedon (Fredric March)

7 Ah, such dreams I had. Such strange and troubled drunken dreams.

— Philip II Of Macedon (Fredric March)

8 Alexander is many things. He's logic and he's dreams. He's warrior and he's poet. He's man and he's spirit.

9 Ask and it's yours. Gold, silver, spices, jewels, slaves, women yours.

— Alexander The Great (Richard Burton)

10 Nothing is changed but the name of the king!

— Alexander The Great (Richard Burton)

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