The bulk of mankind have indeed, in all countries in their turn, been made the prey of ambition.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization.
Ambition, if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others.
All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a short time, and many more have been pressed with poverty and grief.
The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others.
Ambition can be a disease, and it feeds on itself.
Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.
I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.
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