Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes | What seems to be generosity is often no more ...

"What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one."

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I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition.

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Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

— John Ruskin

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