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What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.
What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.
Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
He was utterly without ambition [Chas. II.]. He detested
business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have read more
He was utterly without ambition [Chas. II.]. He detested
business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have
undergone the trouble of really directing the administration.
No steps backward.
[Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.]
No steps backward.
[Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.]
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
