"The task is not to overcome opponents..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
The task is not to overcome opponents in general but only those opponents against whom one has to summon all one's strength, one's skill and one's swordsmanship-in fact to master opponents who are one's equals.
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“From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.”
“I am not competing with anyone other than myself. I want to be excellent at whatever I do.”
“Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of the mouths of other people.”