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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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He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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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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We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have crossed bridges in their imagination far ahead of the crowd. – Anon.

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Ambition can creep as well as soar. – Edmund Burke

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