a249: -ambition, idly vain;
Revenge and malice swell her train.
- Penrose.
a250: Vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself.
- Shakespreare.
a251: What's all the gaudy glitter of a crown?
What but the glaring meteor of ambition,
That leads the wretch benighted in his errors,
Points to the gulf and shines upon destruction?
- Brooke.
a252: Who soars too near the sun, with golden wings,
Melts them; to ruin his own fortune brings.
- Shakespreare.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Famous Quotes a249-a252
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