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> [The ambitious climb high and perilous stairs, and never care how to come down; the desire of rising hath swallowed up their fear of a fall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/the-ambitious-climb-high-and-perilous-stairs-and-never-care-how-to/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

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> [The patient man is merry indeed… The jailers that watch him are but his pages of honour, and his very dungeon but the lower side of the vault of heaven. He kisseth the wheel that must kill him; and thinks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/the-patient-man-is-merry-indeed-the-jailers-that-watch-him-are-but/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

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## Other authors on Stairs

## More by Thomas Adams

> [The Bible is to us what the star was to the wise men; but if we spend all our time in gazing upon it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/the-bible-is-to-us-what-the-star-was-to-the-wise-men-but-if-we-spend/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

> [Ever tell me of a humble heart where I see a stubborn knee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/ever-tell-me-of-a-humble-heart-where-i-see-a-stubborn-knee/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

> [Conscience is God's deputy in the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/conscience-is-god-s-deputy-in-the-soul/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

> [The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/the-hypocrite-certainly-is-a-secret-atheist-for-if-he-did-believe/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

> [The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/the-covetous-man-pines-in-plenty-like-tantalus-up-to-the-chin-in/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

> [The ambitious climb high and perilous stairs, and never care how to come down; the desire of rising hath swallowed up their fear of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/the-ambitious-climb-high-and-perilous-stairs-and-never-care-how-to/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

> [Blessed be God, I not only begin praying when I kneel down, but I do not leave off praying when I rise up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/blessed-be-god-i-not-only-begin-praying-when-i-kneel-down-but-i-do/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

> [A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/a-man-may-be-so-bold-of-his-predestination-that-he-forget-his/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

> [Even the tired horse, when he comes near home, mends pace: be good always, without weariness, but best at last; that the nearer thou…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/even-the-tired-horse-when-he-comes-near-home-mends-pace-be-good/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

> [The devil makes his Christmas-pie of lawyers' tongues and clerks' fingers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/the-devil-makes-his-christmas-pie-of-lawyers-tongues-and-clerks/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

> [If thou wilt fly from God, the devil will lend thee both spurs and a horse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/if-thou-wilt-fly-from-god-the-devil-will-lend-thee-both-spurs-and-a/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

> [Better a holy discord than a profane concord.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/better-a-holy-discord-than-a-profane-concord/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

> [There is no coming to heaven with dry eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/there-is-no-coming-to-heaven-with-dry-eyes/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

> [The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made Higher and broader, or he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/the-covetous-man-is-like-a-camel-with-a-great-hunch-on-his-back/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

> [Plan the town, if you like; but in doing it do not forget that you have got to spread the people. Make wider roads,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-adams/plan-the-town-if-you-like-but-in-doing-it-do-not-forget-that-you-have/)

[Thomas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-adams/)

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