Dreams, indeed, are ambition; for the very substance of the ambitious
is merely the shadow of a dream. And I hold ambition of so airy and
light a quality that it is but a shadow's shadow.
-- William Shakespeare
is merely the shadow of a dream. And I hold ambition of so airy and
light a quality that it is but a shadow's shadow.
-- William Shakespeare
Related:
- A dream itself is but a shadow.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
Hamlet -- Act ii, Sc.... - Swift as a shadow, short as any dream;
Brief as the lightning in the collied night,
That in a spleen unfolds both heaven and earth, And... - Where there is much light there is also much shadow
--... - Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the
shadow.... - What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story.
And the greatest good is little enough:
for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are... - I've seen him shadow boxing and the
shadow won... - Hence, horrible shadow!
Unreal mockery, hence!
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
Macbeth -- Act iii, Sc.... - Airy ambition,
soaring high. --... - Like a shadow from the
tomb.....
From the same category:
- My mother was the tour guide for Guilt
Trips..... - It isn't always just how you look. Look at me. I'm handsome like
anything and I haven't got anybody to marry me yet.
On the role of beauty and handsomeness in love --... - Managers do it by
delegation... - All things are the same,--familiar in enterprise, momentary in endurance,
coarse in substance. All things now are as they were... - Thought the moon was made of green cheese.
-- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553)
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Works, Book i, Chap....
