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- Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. — Benjamin Disraeli
- I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law. — Wilfred Owen
- After all my years of playing soldiers, and then of reading History, I have almost a mania to be in the East, to see fighting, and to serve. — Wilfred Owen
- Never fear: Thank Home, and Poetry, and the Force behind both. — Wilfred Owen