--- title: "9 Conquer Quotes By Plato" description: "9 Conquer quotes by Plato. Plus more from Plato and more Conquer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/plato-103_conquer_the-first-and-best-victory-is-to-conquer_193576.jpg" --- > [“The first and best victory is to conquer self”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-first-and-best-victory-is-to-conquer-self/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/plato-103_conquer_the-first-and-best-victory-is-to-conquer_193576.jpg) > [For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/for-a-man-to-conquer-himself-is-the-first-and-noblest-of-all-victories/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/plato-103_conquer_for-a-man-to-conquer-himself-is-the-firs_1057510.jpg) > [The first and the best victory is to conquer self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-first-and-the-best-victory-is-to-conquer-self/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/plato-103_conquer_the-first-and-the-best-victory-is-to-con_2606803.jpg) > [“The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-first-and-greatest-victory-is-to-conquer-yourself/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/plato-103_conquer_the-first-and-greatest-victory-is-to-con_492298.jpg) > [“First and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered By self is, of all things. the most shameful and objectionable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/first-and-best-victory-is-to-conquer-self-to-be-conquered-by-self-is/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/plato-103_conquer_first-and-best-victory-is-to-conquer-sel_836263.jpg) > [“The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-first-and-best-victory-is-to-conquer-self-to-be-conquered-by-self/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5f/plato-103_identity_the-first-and-best-victory-is-to-conquer_1059648.jpg) > [The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-first-and-greatest-victory-is-to-conquer-yourself-to-be-conquered/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/plato-103_greatest-victory_the-first-and-greatest-victory-is-to-con_1842737.jpg) > [To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/to-conquer-oneself-is-the-best-and-noblest-victory-to-be-vanquished/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/plato-103_conquer_to-conquer-oneself-is-the-best-and-noble_281234.jpg) > [For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/for-a-man-to-conquer-himself-is-the-first-and-noblest-of-all-2/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/plato-103_all-things_for-a-man-to-conquer-himself-is-the-firs_1349856.jpg) ## Other authors on Conquer ## More by Plato > [Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/each-man-is-capable-of-doing-one-thing-well-if-he-attempts-several-he/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/you-may-be-sure-dear-crito-that-inaccurate-language-is-not-only-in/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/if-men-learn-this-it-will-implant-forgetfulness-in-their-souls-they/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/knowledge-which-is-acquired-under-compulsion-obtains-no-hold-on-the/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [I do not think it is permitted that a better man be harmed by a worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/i-do-not-think-it-is-permitted-that-a-better-man-be-harmed-by-a-worse/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/any-city-however-small-is-in-fact-divided-into-two-one-the-city-of/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/when-men-speak-ill-of-thee-live-so-as-nobody-may-believe-them/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“The love of man to woman is a thing common and of course, and at first partakes more of instinct and passion than of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-love-of-man-to-woman-is-a-thing-common-and-of-course-and-at-first/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school, and the one man that dares to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/strange-times-are-these-in-which-we-live-when-old-and-young-are/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“He was a wise man who invented God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/he-was-a-wise-man-who-invented-god/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/for-let-me-tell-you-that-the-more-the-pleasures-of-the-body-fade-away/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“What shall we say about those spectators, then, who can see a plurality of beautiful things, but not beauty itself, and who are incapable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/what-shall-we-say-about-those-spectators-then-who-can-see-a-plurality/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Geometry existed before creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/geometry-existed-before-creation/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/when-men-speak-ill-of-thee-live-so-that-nobody-will-believe-them/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [We must, if we are to be consistent, and if we re to have a real pedigree herd, mate the best of our men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/we-must-if-we-are-to-be-consistent-and-if-we-re-to-have-a-real/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conquer/plato/#itemlist", "name": 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