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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.

Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.

Quintilian
Mother, Ambition, Vices
Quintilian (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Quintilian (Illustrated)”, p.26, Delphi Classics

Give me the boy who rouses when he is praised, who profits when he is encouraged and who cries when he is defeated. Such a boy will be fired by ambition; he will be stung by reproach, and animated by preference; never shall I apprehend any bad consequences from idleness in such a boy.

Quintilian
Ambition, Boys, Giving
Quintilian (1805). “Quinctilian's Institutes of Eloquence: Or, The Art of Speaking in Public, in Every Character and Capacity”, p.26

Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.

Quintilian
Father, Ambition, Vices

Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues. [Lat., Licet ipsa vitium sit ambitio, frequenter tamen causa virtutem est.]

Quintilian
Ambition, Parent, Vices

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