![He [Julius Caesar] learned that Alexander , having completed nearly all his conquests by the time he was thirty-two years old, was at an utter loss to know what he should do during the rest of his life, whereat Augustus expressed his surprise that Alexander did not regard it as a greater task to set in order the empire which he had won than to win it.](/assets/img/quote-photos/he-julius-caesar-learned-that-alexander-having-completed-nearly-all-his-conqu.jpg)
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loss perfect littles
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loss life-is worst
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winning ninety-nine making-money
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Leave your luck while still winning. Baltasar Gracian
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winning chess-game playing-chess
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winning issues atheism
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In order to become the master, a ruler must profess to be a servant of the people. Ashwin Sanghi
order words-of-wisdom pantheism
.... we are a part of nature as a whole, whose order we follow. Baruch Spinoza
order judgement done
I will have this done, so I order it done; let my will replace reasoned judgement. Juvenal
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