Who know but He, whose hand the lightning forms,
Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms,
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Who know but He, whose hand the lightning forms,
Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms,
Pours fierce ambition in a Caesar's mind.

Ambition never comes to an end.

Ambition never comes to an end.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

I see, but cannot reach, the height
That lies forever in the light.

I see, but cannot reach, the height
That lies forever in the light.

Big results require big ambitions.

Big results require big ambitions.

I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it read more

I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

By low ambition and the thirst of praise.

By low ambition and the thirst of praise.

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.