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Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil

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Zōĭlus: i, m., = Ζώιλος,
I a severe critic in the time of Ptolemaeus Philadelphus, a censurer of Homer (hence called Ὁμηρομάστιξ, Homeromastix), Vitr. 7 praef.— Transf., of a censorious person, Ov. R. Am. 366; Mart. 11, 37, 1.