• Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion, and offereth violence to nature's self.

  Source: Catiline His Conspiracy

  Ben Jonson
  British Dramatist, Poet 1573-1637
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. conscience
2. enforceth
3. religion
4. offereth
5. violence
6. nature

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Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion, and offereth violence to nature's self. by : Ben Jonson

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