Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways.
As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Deed, not words shall speak me.
For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God.
Not until he stood at the altar did he achieve a sense of being hale and furnished. It was strange, he thought, that a man would find his surest current in the spot where he felt least worthy.
Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?
O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.
A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.