“Of lunacy, Innumerous were the causes; humbled pride, Ambition disappointed, riches lost, And bodily disease, and sorrow, oft By man inflicted on his brother man; Sorrow, that, made the reason drunk, and yet Left much untasted. So the cup was fill'd.” MenMadeReasonLostLeftCausesBrotherPrideSorrowDiseaseAmbitionMadnessRichesDrunkCupsDisappointedLunacy Book:Pollok's Course of Time Source: Pollok's Course of Time
“We seem ambitious God's whole work to undo. ...With new diseases on ourselves we war, And with new physic, a worse engine far.” WarWholeSeemsDiseaseAmbitionEnginesAmbitious Author:Michel de Montaigne
“Presidential ambition is a disease that can only be cured by embalming fluid.” DiseaseAmbitionPresidentialFluidEmbalming Author:John McCain
“The whole blame goes to the parents. They have lived as ambitious beings; they have destroyed themselves. Now they go on giving their heritage to their children - their unfulfilled desires, their incomplete ambitions. In this way diseases pass on from one generation to another.” WayGivingChildrenWholeDesireParentGenerationsGoes OnDiseaseAmbitionBlameDestroyedHeritageAmbitiousIncompleteUnfulfilled Desires Author:Rajneesh