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title: "6 World Conquest Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [There are only two sorts of greatness: true greatness, which is of a spiritual order, and the old, old lie of world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/there-are-only-two-sorts-of-greatness-true-greatness-which-is-of-a/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

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> [“The world is a conquest but also a great responsibility. Who avoids responsibility does not live the world but lives with himself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudio-dunca/the-world-is-a-conquest-but-also-a-great-responsibility-who-avoids/)

[Claudio Dunca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudio-dunca/)

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> [The reflected world is the conquest of calm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gaston-bachelard/the-reflected-world-is-the-conquest-of-calm/)

[Gaston Bachelard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gaston-bachelard/)

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> [The history of the world has been one not of conquest, as supposed; it has been one of ennui.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-westley/the-history-of-the-world-has-been-one-not-of-conquest-as-supposed-it/)

[Helen Westley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-westley/)

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> [“In a sense, New World conquest was about men seeking a way around one of life's basic rules - that human beings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-macquarrie/in-a-sense-new-world-conquest-was-about-men-seeking-a-way-around-one/)

[Kim MacQuarrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-macquarrie/)

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> [“European imperialism was entirely unlike all other imperial projects in history. Previous seekers of empire tended to assume that they already understood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/european-imperialism-was-entirely-unlike-all-other-imperial-projects/)

[Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/)

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