“In ways to greatness think on this, That slippery all ambition is”
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Source: Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine
Source: Moving Forward: Taking The Lead In Your Life
Source: The Complete Essays of Montaigne
Source: The Portable Emerson: New Edition
Source: Emerson in His Journals
Source: Speaker for the Dead
Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
Source: Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)
Source: Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1
Source: The History of the World: In Five Books. Viz. Treating of the Beginning and First Ages of Same from the Creation Unto Abraham. Of the Birth of Abraham to the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Time of Philip of Macedon. From the Reign of Philip of Macedon to the Establishing of that Kingdom in the Race of Antigonus. From Settled Rule of Alexander's Successors in the East Until the Romans (prevailing Over All) Made Conquest of Asia and Macedon
“The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul.”
“What is ambition but desire of greatness? And what is greatness but extent of power?”
“To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?”
Source: The Oxford Thackeray: With Illustrations