#conquers

This was when she asked him whether it was true that love conquered all, as the songs said. 'It is true', he replied, 'but you would do well not to believe it. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

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Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

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He conquers who endures. ↗

— Aulus Persius Flaccus

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The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

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Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

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He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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He who angers you conquers you. ↗

— Elizabeth Kenny

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I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

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