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We grow small trying to be great.
We grow small trying to be great.
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.
What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.
What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
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.
Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we would storm
heaven itself in our folly.
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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.]
The great refusal.
[It., Il gran rifiuto.]
The great refusal.
[It., Il gran rifiuto.]
I strike the stars with by sublime head.
[Lat., Sublimi feriam sidera vertice.]
I strike the stars with by sublime head.
[Lat., Sublimi feriam sidera vertice.]
