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Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back;
And is a swelling, and the last affection
A high mind can put off; being both a rebel
Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth
All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion,
and offereth violence to nature's self.

— Ben Jonson Catiline His Conspiracy (1611)

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Source: Catiline His Conspiracy (1611), Act III, scene ii
Work: Catiline His Conspiracy, 1611
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