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> [Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/though-ambition-may-be-a-fault-in-itself-it-is-often-the-mother-of/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ab/quintilian-7306_ambition_though-ambition-may-be-a-fault-in-itself_186150.jpg)

> [“If Ambition be a Fault, ’tis only in those who have not a sufficient stock of Merit to support it ...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliza-haywood/if-ambition-be-a-fault-tis-only-in-those-who-have-not-a-sufficient/)

[Eliza Haywood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliza-haywood/)

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