He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss. (Niccolò Machiavelli)

He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.

Niccolò Machiavelli

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