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Ambition Quotes - Page 55

You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

Voltaire (2016). “Voltaire – The Philosophical Works: Treatise On Tolerance, Philosophical Dictionary, Candide, Letters on England, Plato’s Dream, Dialogues, The Study of Nature, Ancient Faith and Fable, Zadig…: From the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and freedom of expression”, p.390, e-artnow

Somebody is always suspecting Russia of having some ambitions, there are always those who are trying to misinterpret us or keep something back.

"Interview to American TV channel CBS and PBS". Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

My ambition is to enjoy my life and to do exactly what I want to do. And I'll do that. I will be free.

"What planet is she on?" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. June 09, 2002.

Writing was a chimney for my blazing ambitions.

Storm Jameson (2011). “Journey from the North, Volume 2: Autobiography of Storm Jameson”, p.398, A&C Black