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Wisdom alone is true ambitions aim, wisdom is the source of virtue

Wisdom alone is true ambitions aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed. – Alfred North Whitehead

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