Ambition's like a circle on the water, which never ceases to enlarge
itself, 'till by broad spreading it disperse to nought.
-- William Shakespeare
itself, 'till by broad spreading it disperse to nought.
-- William Shakespeare
Related:
- Vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself.
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William... - Come the three corners of the world in arms,
And we shall shock them.
Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest... - Besides, this Duncan
Hath borne his faculties so meek,
hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues... - As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate;" and the water,
put nought in in malice. -- Douglas Jerrold (1803... - Thoughts are but dreams till their effects be tried.
William... - That which is now a horse, even with a thought
The rack dislimns,
and makes it indistinct, As water is in water. --... - Every one fault seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to match it.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), As You Like It -... - We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
French... - Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely
rooted in your life.
Each lapse is like the letting fall of a ball of string...
