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

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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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Ambition — it is the last infirmity of noble minds. – James Barrie

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The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves. – Herbert N. Casson

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