Tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambitions ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. (William Shakespeare)

Tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambitions ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.

William Shakespeare

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