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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.
Who know but He, whose hand the lightning forms,
Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms,
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Who know but He, whose hand the lightning forms,
Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms,
Pours fierce ambition in a Caesar's mind.
Ambition has no rest!
Ambition has no rest!
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
The great refusal.
[It., Il gran rifiuto.]
The great refusal.
[It., Il gran rifiuto.]
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
No steps backward.
[Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.]
No steps backward.
[Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.]
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
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.
