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If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.
What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.
Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.
Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.
As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.
As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by read more
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
