A Quote by Confucius

Great is the man who can overcome the world, but greater still is the man who can overcome himself, for he will have the world spinning on the palm of his hand.

Confucius

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Confucius
Chinese - Philosopher
551 BC - 479 BC

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Samuel Johnson

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Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome.

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