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On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
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.]
Ambition has no rest!
Ambition has no rest!
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
The great refusal.
[It., Il gran rifiuto.]
The great refusal.
[It., Il gran rifiuto.]
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
We grow small trying to be great.
We grow small trying to be great.
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
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.
