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Of ambitions, it is less harmful, the ambition to prevail in great things, than that other, to appear in every thing; for that breeds confusion, and mars business.

Date Published Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

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	Recent comments in The Top 100 Quotes Louisa May Alcott Now THAT's the truth! DJ 08:09:34 \| 21 Apr 2012 Oscar Wilde Yep. I like this. And there is an artist in each one of us - we just have to find our craft! sTubbuLon5 09:18:33 \| 13 Apr 2012 Oscar Wilde Indeed... DJ 09:18:15 \| 13 Apr 2012 Oscar Wilde Indeed... DJ 08:10:31 \| 12 Mar 2012 Charles Darwin I would agree with that...or maybe not...... Sparkly Aph 19:57:02 \| 8 Feb 2012 Jane Austen sorry......I don't understand.... Sparkly Aph 19:43:13 \| 4 Feb 2012 Charles Dickens I didn't realise he was aliterate... DJ 08:58:16 \| 15 Jan 2012 Miguel de Cervantes Lol. Harsh DJ. Poor guy's feeling down! :) sTubbuLon5 17:50:56 \| 11 Jan 2012 Miguel de Cervantes 'Woe is me....' (get over yerself!) DJ 18:41:44 \| 10 Jan 2012 Ambrose Bierce Que? DJ 14:18:19 \| 5 Jan 2012 Hans Christian Andersen ???? DJ 10:47:45 \| 1 Jan 2012 Jonathan Swift Ahh.. now there's some truth in that! DJ 08:15:58 \| 21 Dec 2011 Oscar Wilde There's no hope for some..... DJ 09:15:53 \| 20 Dec 2011 Ambrose Bierce True then and even truer now. Daddy Papersurfer 10:50:33 \| 17 Dec 2011 Miguel de Cervantes Maybe he sprung up suddenly and violently... DJ 12:57:14 \| 10 Dec 2011 Jane Austen ooh, that's a bit saucy! Sparkly Aph 08:38:12 \| 10 Dec 2011 Miguel de Cervantes I wonder what attracted the goddess to Daddy P?? Sparkly Aph 08:34:42 \| 10 Dec 2011 Miguel de Cervantes Fully agree. There's always a way to conquer a situation. The choice is always yours. cHARM oFFENDER 09:12:55 \| 23 Nov 2011 Francis Bacon "embaseth"... did he make that up?! DJ 11:18:57 \| 29 Oct 2011 Jane Austen Unless of course the interesting situation was some tragic honeymoon suicide pact... DJ 18:12:43 \| 18 Oct 2011 Jonathan Swift I don't see what he means... but then I'm not old... :-) DJ 08:06:27 \| 6 Oct 2011 Jonathan Swift Errr .... ummmmm ...... scratches head Daddy Papersurfer 08:41:31 \| 5 Oct 2011 Francis Bacon If you say so, old bean... DJ 19:59:26 \| 30 Aug 2011 Lewis Carroll ? DJ 10:30:08 \| 28 Aug 2011 Agatha Christie Like it :-) DJ 20:06:25 \| 25 Aug 2011 Charles Darwin Is it wrong to say that I instinctively understand this...?? DJ 11:21:06 \| 20 Aug 2011 George Eliot Is that a bloke?! Sparkly Aph 07:41:12 \| 16 Jul 2011 Ambrose Bierce Very astute mr Bierce! DJ 09:26:51 \| 14 Jul 2011 Charles Darwin I can't argue with that...... DJ 08:11:08 \| 12 Jul 2011 Miguel de Cervantes Is there a word for excessive vanity?! DJ 08:35:15 \| 10 Jul 2011

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