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Here may we reign secure, and in my choice
To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell.
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Here may we reign secure, and in my choice
To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell.
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
Ambition has no rest!
Ambition has no rest!
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
On the summit see,
The seals of office glitter in his eyes;
He climbs, he pants, he read more
On the summit see,
The seals of office glitter in his eyes;
He climbs, he pants, he grasps them! At his heels,
Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends,
And with a dexterous jerk soon twists him down,
And wins them, but to lose them in his turn.
Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
If at great things thou would'st arrive,
Get riches first, get wealth, and treasure heap,
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If at great things thou would'st arrive,
Get riches first, get wealth, and treasure heap,
Not difficult, if thou hearken to me;
Riches are mine, fortune is in my hand,
They whom I favor thrive in wealth amain,
While virtue, valor, wisdom, sit in want.
The great refusal.
[It., Il gran rifiuto.]
The great refusal.
[It., Il gran rifiuto.]
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not
troubled with great ambitions.
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not
troubled with great ambitions.
