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And heaven had wanted one immortal song.
But wild ambition loves to slide, not stand,
And fortune's ice prefers to virtue's land.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand,
And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
Ambition, Interest, Pride without control,
And Jealousy, the jaundice of the soul;
Revenge, the bloody minister of ill,
With all the lean tormentors of the will.
The Hind and the Panther (1687)
Some through ambition, or through thirst of gold,
Have slain their brothers, and their country sold.
Disputed Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson (1880)
O diadem, thou centre of ambition,
Where all its different lines are reconciled;
As if thou wert the burning glass of glory.
Disputed Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson (1880)
To cure their mad ambition, they were sent
To rule a distant province, each alone:
What could a careful father more have done?
Disputed Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson (1880)