#16 acme

acme - the culminating point, as of achievement or excellence; summit, peak

- C16 from Greek akme

I am somewhat wary of an acme in accomplishments. There is always something more to learn, another challenge to encounter.

For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence. ~ Sun Tzu

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