![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)
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…)
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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…)
![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: There is no time like the present. / Never put off till tomorrow what may be done [what you can do] today. / Defer not until tomorrow if you can do it today.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/forward-412761_640-100x75.jpg)
