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No steps backward.
[Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.]
No steps backward.
[Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.]
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.rn
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.rn
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
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.
Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.
Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.
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.
What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.
What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
