![IMAGE: The first and best [greatest] victory is to conquer self [yourself]; to be conquered by self [yourself] is of all things most shameful and vile.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/book-2127252_640.jpg)
最優先かつ最重要の勝利は、自分に打ち勝つこと； 自分に負けてしまうのは、何よりも恥ずべきで下品なことだ。 - プラトン (紀元前427 - 前347)（【訳】岡本健 (1963 - )）
/ (私は自分の敵を征服…)
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The first and best [greatest] victory is to conquer self [yourself]; to be conquered by self [yourself] is of all things most shameful and vile. - Plato [Platon] (427 - 347B.C.)
/ (I count him braver…)
![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)
![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: It is the first step that is troublesome [difficult]. [The first step is always the hardest.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/boy-1272637_640-100x56.jpg)