“He sent messengers ahead to meet Alexander and offered him half his kingdom and his daughter in marriage, if only he would agree not to fight. ‘If I were Alexander, I’d take it,’ said Alexander’s friend, Parmenios. ‘And so would I, if I were Parmenios,’ was Alexander’s reply.”

“He sent messengers ahead to meet Alexander and offered him half his kingdom and his daughter in marriage, if only he would agree not to fight. ‘If I were Alexander, I’d take it,’ said Alexander’s friend, Parmenios. ‘And so would I, if I were Parmenios,’ was Alexander’s reply.”

— E.H. Gombrich