Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

Quote by Ben Jonson

Topics: Ambition Quotes

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave...

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave...

Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate...

Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate...

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a...

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a...

Talking is the disease of age.

Talking is the disease of age.

Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of...

Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of...

I have betrayed myself with my own tongue; The case is altered

I have betrayed myself with my own tongue; The case is altered

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.

He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.

Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while...

Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while...

True friendship consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and value.

True friendship consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and value.

Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his...

O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his...

I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these...

I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these...

Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even...

Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even...

Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can't remember...

Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can't remember...