“Ambition hath but two steps: the lowest, blood; the highest, envy.”
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Famous William Lilly Quotes
“Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.”
“After my mistress was dead, I lived most comfortably, my master having a great affection for me.”
Source: William Lilly's History of His Life and Times from the Year 1602 to 1681
Source: William Lilly's History of His Life and Times from the Year 1602 to 1681
Source: William Lilly's History of His Life and Times from the Year 1602 to 1681
“In the seventeenth year of my age my mother died.”
Source: William Lilly's History of His Life and Times from the Year 1602 to 1681
Source: William Lilly's History of His Life and Times from the Year 1602 to 1681
Source: Christian Astrology, Books 1 & 2