"Ambition, in a private man is a vice,……" — Philip Massinger
"Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue."
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30 Quotes by Philip Massinger
Philip Massinger has 30 quotes on this site.
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To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall…
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My dancing days are past.
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I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.
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Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.
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How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all…
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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn....
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Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
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A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.
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Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.
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But married once, a man is stak'd or pown'd, and cannot graze beyond his own hedge.
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Such as ne'er saw swans May think crows beautiful.
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What pity 'tis, one that can speak so well, Should in his actions be so ill!
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Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as…
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We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you…
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Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All…
— Saint Augustine
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by…
— Marcus Aurelius
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
— Marcus Aurelius
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All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was…
— Paul Auster
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Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of…
— Sai Baba
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There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for…
— Charles Babbage
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A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions.…
— Liberty Hyde Bailey
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
— Pearl Bailey
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The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now…
— Russell Baker
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The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
— James A. Baldwin
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