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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 has no rest!
Ambition has no rest!
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
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.
For all may have,
If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave.
For all may have,
If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave.
What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.
What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.
Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.
Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.
Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy read more
Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.