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“O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus who won the Persians their empire. Do not therefore begrudge me this bit of earth that covers my bones.”

— Cyrus the Great

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Title: Wikiquote: Cyrus the Great
Type: reference · Secondary source

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Great, Cyrus the. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Cyrus the Great. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great

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