Happy thoughts

More Pessoa, in what I think is the best passage so far:

"To conform is to submit, and to conquer is to conform, to be conquered. Thus every victory is a debasement. The conqueror inevitably loses all the virtues born of frustration with the status quo that led him to the fight that brought victory. He becomes satisfied, and only those who conform--who lack the conqueror's mentality--are satisfied. Only the man who never achieves his goal conquers. Only the man who is forever discouraged is strong. The best and most regal course is to abdicate."

Pause. Punkt! The Loser's testament, Defeatism as creed.