There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
—Ernest Hemingway
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Showing posts with label self conquest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self conquest. Show all posts
Sunday, October 24, 2021
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Friday, January 29, 2016
Post #2000
Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.
—Sir Richard Francis Burton
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Post #1772
If a man conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greater of conquerors.
—Dhammapada
—Dhammapada
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Post #1561
The bravest trophy ever man obtained,
Is that which o'er himself himself hath gain'd.
—Earl of Stirling
Is that which o'er himself himself hath gain'd.
—Earl of Stirling
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
- Dave
- El Paso, Texas, United States
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