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The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
Ambition can creep as well as soar.
Ambition can creep as well as soar.
Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
