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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.

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But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand,
And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.

But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand,
And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.

by John Dryden Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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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.

by George Herbert Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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No steps backward.
[Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.]

No steps backward.
[Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.]

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Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

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Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to read more

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.

by Robert Southey Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

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He was utterly without ambition [Chas. II.]. He detested
business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have read more

He was utterly without ambition [Chas. II.]. He detested
business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have
undergone the trouble of really directing the administration.

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Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make read more

Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.

by Mark Twain Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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