To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory — to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.
To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory — to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.
To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory — to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.
To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory — to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.
To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory — to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.
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To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory

— to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.
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