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When ambition ends, happiness begins.
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
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.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
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.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
Big results require big ambitions.
Big results require big ambitions.
What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.
What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
