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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.
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, read more
The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice
A banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!
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.
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 is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to read more
Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.
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.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we would storm
heaven itself in our folly.
[Lat., read more
Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we would storm
heaven itself in our folly.
[Lat., Nil mortalibus arduum est:
Coelum ipsum petimus stultitia.]
