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Conquest Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can; and conquered they must be, or neither wisdom nor happiness…
- It is not the desire of new acquisitions, but the glory of conquests, that fires the soldier's breast; as indeed the town is seldom worth…
- The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest; The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man.
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