#conqueror

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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The time given to athletic contests and the injuries incurred on the playing field are part of the price which the English-speaking race has paid for being world conquerors. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

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The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection. ↗

— William Dean Howells

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Only things the dreamers make live on. They are the eternal conquerors. ↗

— Herbert Kaufman

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Go forth a conqueror and win great victories. ↗

— Virgil

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Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus? ↗

— William Rowan Hamilton

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Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse. ↗

— Edmund Waller

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Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds. ↗

— John Henrik Clarke

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Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before - but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to. ↗

— Joe Lieberman

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