Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.
Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
The accolades, just like the scrapes and bruises, fade in the end, and all you're left with is your ambition.
The incentive to ambition is the love of power.
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.
Ambition aspires to descend.
Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.
If you are ambitious you can have a moment of glory but it will most likely be temporary. But talent always finds its way out.
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