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

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Children, you must remember something. A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. – Pearl Bailey

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Tis not what man does which exalts him, but what man Would do! – Robert Browning

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The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes. – Jean De La Bruyere

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