Ambition devours gold and drinks blood and climbs so high by other men's heads, that at the length in the fall, it breaks its own neck; therefore, it is better to live in humble content than in high care and trouble.
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These are some quotes by English author Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford Statesman, who lived between April 13, 1593 and May 12, 1641.