Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.
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Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.
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