Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us fi…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of our blindness. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.35
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