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Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to read more
I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one,
May hope to achieve it before life be read more
The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one,
May hope to achieve it before life be done;
But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes,
Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows
A harvest of barren regrets.
Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring read more
Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
