But 'tis common proof, that lowliness is young ambition's ladder, wher…

William Shakespeare
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But 'tis common proof, that lowliness is young ambition's ladder, whereto the climber-upward turns his face; but when he once attains the upmost round, he then turns his back, looks in the clouds, scorning the vase defrees by which he did ascend. ✨ 'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 1, l. 21
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But 'tis common proof, that lowliness is young ambition's ladder, whereto the climber-upward turns his face; but when he once attains the upmost round, he then turns his back, looks in the clouds, scorning the vase defrees by which he did ascend. ✨ 'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 1, l. 21

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