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The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile. ↗

— Plato

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I came, I saw, I conquered. ↗

— Julius Caesar

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The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety. ↗

— Virgil

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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. ↗

— Napolean Hill

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Since Europe is dependent on imports of energy and most of its raw materials, it can be subdued, if not quite conquered, without all those nuclear weapons the Soviets have aimed at it simply through the shipping routes and raw materials they control. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

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A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within. ↗

— Ariel Durant

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It's also true, however, that having conquered the regional writer ghetto, I am now intent on conquering the nationalist writer ghetto and moving out into the world more. ↗

— Rick Moody

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My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely. ↗

— Cleopatra

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Material loss can be made up through renewed labor, but the moral wrong which has been inflicted upon the conquered peoples, in the peace dictates, leaves a burning scar on the people's conscience. ↗

— Hjalmar Schacht

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India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border. ↗

— Hu Shih

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