"The ambitious climb high and perilous stairs, and……" — 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 a fall."
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39 Quotes by Thomas Adams
Thomas Adams has 39 quotes on this site.
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The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be…
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Our mind is where our pleasure is, our heart is where our treasure is, our love is where our life…
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Blessed be God, I not only begin praying when I kneel down, but I do not leave off praying when…
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A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He…
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He that will be knighted must kneel for it, and he that will enter in at the strait gate must…
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Even the tired horse, when he comes near home, mends pace: be good always, without weariness, but best at last;…
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Both in thy private sessions, and the universal assizes, thou shalt be sure of the same Judge, the same jury,…
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That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.
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Alas! that the farthest and of all our thoughts should be the thought of our ends.
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The patient man is merry indeed.... The jailers that watch him are but his pages of honour, and his very…
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Paradise had four rivers that watered the earth.... and howsoever neglected by many, they make glad the city of God.…
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We know there is a sun in heaven, yet we cannot see what matter it is made of, but perceive…
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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would…
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Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet…
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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of…
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My first serious attempts at writing were made in 1868, and I took up two very different lines of composition;…
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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I'm attracted to women who are smart and funny and ambitious and have lives of their own and great families.…
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My mum is bright, ambitious, well read, political and very bolshie: when my dad was conscripted into the Army and…
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Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb,…
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The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
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