Admiratus Hephaestio magnitudinem animi spernentis quod alii per ignes ferrumque peterent: Vos quidem macte virtute, inquit, estote, qui primi intellexistis quanto maius esset regnum fastidire quam accipere.
Hephaestion, admiring the lofty spirit that declined what others sought by fire and sword, said Accept my congratulations, since you have been the first to appreciate how much greater it is to disdain royal power than to receive it.
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