That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.
If I give way to pleasure, I must also yield to grief, to poverty, to labor, ambition, anger, until I am torn to pieces by my misfortunes and my lust.
It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of Ambition that it never looks behind it.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories