As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.
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.
Revenge is not a noble sentiment, but it is a human one.
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
What is nobler than a man wresting and wringing his bread from the stubborn soil by the sweat of his brow and the break of his back for his wife and children!
My other brother, the Lord Lucas, who was heir to my father's estate, and as it were the father to take care of us all, is not less valiant than they were, although his skill in the discipline of war was not so much, not being bred therein.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.
An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition.
He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity.
For better or for worse, in 'The Last Savage,' I have dared to do away completely with fashionable dissonance, and in a modest way, I have endeavored to rediscover the nobility of gracefulness and the pleasure of sweetness.
Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.