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The only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love it.

Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.125, Profile Books

Persecution is the compliment paid by a threatened lie to a conquering truth.

Chapman Cohen (1900). “Opinions, Random Reflections, and Wayside Sayings”

Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.

Bertrand Russell (1957). “Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

The unconquerable pang of despised love.

William Wordsworth (1814). “The Excursion,: Being a Portion of The Recluse, a Poem”, p.291

The only habits you never conquer are the ones you put off doing something about.

Wess Roberts (1992). “Straight A's Never Made Anybody Rich: Lessons in Personal Achievement”, Harper Perennial

They say women and music should never be dated.

George Farquhar, Isaac Bickerstaffe, David Garrick, John Burgoyne, Benjamin Hoadly (1816). “The Recruiting Officer. A Comedy”

For the first time in our history it is possible to conquer poverty.

Johnson, Lyndon B. (1965). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964”, p.377, Best Books on

And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history? If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.

George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.222, Bantam

The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection.

George Eliot (2016). “Daniel Deronda”, p.123, George Eliot

All religions begin with a revolt against morality, and perish when morality conquers them.

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.4276, e-artnow

Blessedness is promised to the peacemaker, not to the conqueror.

Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.17