Dhammapada – conquer himself
Soul Quote / Buddhist Scriptures / 1 century BC / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Conquest sculpture Rome, Italy / 
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Though one man may conquer in battle
a thousand men a thousand times over,
it is he who conquers himself
that is the greatest of conquerors.
– Dhammapada
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