"There is a native baseness in the ambition which seeks beyond its desert, that never shows more conspicuously than when, no matter how, it temporarily gains its object."

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Source : William Gilmore Simms (1853). “Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside”, p.21

William Gilmore Simms

#Ambition Quotes #Matter Quotes #Gains Quotes

“Guard your light and protect it. Move it forward into the world and be fully confident that if we connect light to light to light, and join the lights together of the one billion young people in our world today, we will be enough to set our whole planet aglow.”
“One day my 3-year-old daughter said 'Your very handsome, Poppy.' That was the best compliment ever.”
“Colleges have a twofold duty when it comes to dealing with censorship. First, there is the duty to not censor the free expression of ideas, especially important and newsworthy ones. Second, colleges have the duty to protect speakers from being silenced by others. Century has failed miserably on both counts.”
“Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that...the control over your dearest interests has passed into the hands of these corporations.”
“I feel like a cliche.”
“We do not ask more of the wealthy to punish success; we do it to create more successÂ stories.”

Source : "NY mayor plans to address social inequity". "AM" with Michael Vincent, www.abc.net.au. January 2, 2014.
“If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their officers.”
“Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing - with wave lengths, just as sound and light have.”

Source : Richard Connell (2006). “The Most Dangerous Game”, p.5, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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