The ambitious deceive themselves when they propose an end to their ambition for that end, when attained, becomes a means. (François de La Rochefoucauld)

The ambitious deceive themselves when they propose an end to their ambition for that end, when attained, becomes a means.

François de La Rochefoucauld

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