THE AMBITIOUS MAN.

A slave has but _one master_; the _ambitious man_ has as _many masters_

as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his

_fortune_.

--_La Bruyere._

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How easy it is to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success!

--_Madame Swetchine._

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The sea of ambition is tempest--tost,

And your hopes may vanish like--foam.

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To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

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_Amusements_--The mind ought sometimes to be amused, that it may the

better return to thought, and to itself.

--_Phaedrus._

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Thy father's merit sets thee up to view,

And shows thee in the fairest point of light,

To make thy virtues, or thy faults conspicuous.

--_Addison._

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