"This man has conquered the world! What have you done?" The… - Steven Pressfield

"This man has conquered the world! What have you done?"
The philosopher replied without an instant's hesitation, "I have conquered the need to conquer the world."

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Steven Pressfield (born September 1943) is an American author of historical fiction and non-fiction, and screenplays.

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