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
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
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
The conqueror sent tidings of his victory in a laconic dispatch: "I came, I saw, I conquered."
From Early European History by Hutton Webster
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