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All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the mis

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. – Henry Ward Beecher

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What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me. – Robert Browning

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Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most peoples sights are only toward the next run, the next increment of money. – Judith M. Bardwick

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No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. – William Blake

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There are only two ways of getting on in the world: by ones own industry, or by the stupidity of others. – Jean De La Bruyere

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