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John Webster on Ambition

d. 1630 England

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Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust,
Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust.

Duchess of Malfi (1623)

Vain the ambition of kings
Who seek by trophies and dead things
To leave a living name behind,
And weave but nets to catch the wind.

The Devil's Law Case (1623)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Webster (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.