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 "Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and then the different branches of Arithmetic Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision
  Lewis Carroll

 A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions
  Marcus Aurelius

 A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
  Henry Ward Beecher

 All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward upon the miseries and credulities of mankind
  Joseph Conrad

 Ambition and fleas both jump high

 Ambition aspires to descend
  Pierre Corneille

 Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity
  Martin Luther

 Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.

 Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!
  Walter Savage Landor

 Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

 Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.
  Thomas Otway

 Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.

 Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue

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

 Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
  Walter Savage Landor


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