I came, I saw, I conquered
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The phrase, a play on the Latin for "I came, I saw, I conquered", has become somewhat of slogan among his fans and the media.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024
It was big step in my development: I came, I saw, I conquered.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2019
Whenever an artist has been able to say, "I came, I saw, I conquered," it has been at the end of patient practice.
From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Clara Louise Kellogg
Well, in the language of Alexander, or some other old worthy of ancient times, it was veni, vidi, vici with me; I came, I saw, I conquered!
From The Chums of Scranton High Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight by Donald Ferguson
After he routed Pharnaces Ponticus at the first assault, he wrote thus to his friends: "I came, I saw, I conquered."
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
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