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The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery.
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The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance.
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The first Rudiments of Morality, broach'd by skilful Politicians, to render Men useful to each other as well as tractable, were chiefly contrived that the Ambitious might reap the more Benefit from, and govern vast Numbers of them with the greater Ease and Security.
The Fable of the Bees An Enquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue, p. 33 -
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.
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The tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men of the blasts of fortune.
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The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
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Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.
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To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.
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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.
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You can choose to be lazy or you can choose to be ambitious. Stop to think about it again. Don't you do your own choosing?
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