 | Wolfgang Clemen - 1987 - Страниц: 232
...not known when his affections sway'd 20 More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, 25 Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | Arthur F. Kinney - 2006 - Страниц: 186
...a sting in him That at his will he may do danger with. . . . But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | Mark Latham - 2006 - Страниц: 268
...1999 Theodore White, on Lyndon Johnson's instinct for power But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | José Manuel González Fernández de Sevilla - 2006 - Страниц: 342
...2, of Caesar, referring to the behavior of an ambitious man: "But 'tis a common proof that lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face, But when he once attains the upmost round, etc." [2.1.21-24]. This comparison is very exact and the observation true. Also worth... | |
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tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did... 
