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They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem
Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.
They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem
Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
Ambition has no rest!
Ambition has no rest!
Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on
your way down.
Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on
your way down.
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
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 last refuge of failure.
Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
