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Francois de La Rochefoucauld: The ambitious deceive themselves when they propose an end to their ambition…

The ambitious deceive themselves when they propose an end to their ambition; for that end, when attained, becomes a means.

In today’s wordsAmbitious people deceive themselves when they set an end to their ambition, because once reached, that end becomes a means.

Francois de La RochefoucauldCommonly attributed
Source
From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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