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Ambition Quote by Robert Pollok

“Of lunacy, Innumerous were the causes; humbled pride, Ambition disappointed,…” quote by Robert Pollok — Download Open image

“Of lunacy, Innumerous were the causes; humbled pride, Ambition disappointed, riches lost, And bodily disease, and sorrow, oft By man inflicted on his brother man; Sorrow, that, made the reason drunk, and yet Left much untasted. So the cup was fill'd.”

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