Plutarch, Aussprücke von Königen und Feldherren (Moralia 182 A – 183 A):

Antigonos Monophthalmos (der Einäugige) war ein General Alexanders des Großen und regierte Kleinasien von 323 bis 301 v.u.Z.; er begründete die Dynastie der Antigoniden.

2.
Seeing some of his soldiers playing ball in their breastplates and helmets, he [sc. Antigonos] was much pleased and sent for their officers, wishing to commend them. But when he heard that they were engaged in drinking, he gave their positions to their soldiers.


3.
When all were astonished because, after he had grown old, he handled matters with mildness and gentleness, he said; “Time was when I craved power, but now I crave repute and goodwill among men [πρότερον μὲν γάρ, εἶπε, δυνάμεως ἐδεόμην, νῦν δὲ δόξης καὶ εὐνοίας].”

[Plutarch: Moralia III. Ed. by Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge (Mass.)/London ⁷2004, pp. 68-75]