I will give command to cut through the isthmus of Corinth; I will rear such monuments in Egypt that the pyramids will seem childish toys in comparison; I will have a sphinx built seven times greater than that which is gazing into the desert outside Memphis; but I will command that it have my face.
Átvágatom a korinthusi Isthmost, s Egyiptomban akkora szobrokat állítunk, hogy a piramisok elbújhatnak mögöttük. Építtetek egy hétszerte nagyobb szfinxet, mint amelyik Memphis mellett a sivatagba bámul, de a magam arcát faragtatom ki rá.