All SENECA THE YOUNGER Quotes about “Ambition”

“It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it.”
“That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.”
“A king is he who has laid fear aside and the base longings of an evil heart; whom ambition unrestrained and the fickle favor of the reckless mob move not.”
“There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.”
“Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.”
“When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.”
“It is man's duty to live in conformity with the divine will, and this means, firstly, bringing his life into line with 'nature's laws', and secondly, resigning himself completely and uncomplainingly to whatever fate may send him. Only by living thus, and not setting too high a value on things which can at any moment be taken away from him, can he discover that true, unshakeable peace and contentment to which ambition, luxury and above all avarice are among the greatest obstacles.”
“Take away ambition and vanity, and where will be your heroes and patriots?”

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