Quote#Love
Ambition is like love, impatient
Quote byJohn Denham · 1615–1669
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Sophy (1641), Act II, scene i, p. 14.
English (original)
Ambition is like love, impatient Both of delays and rivals.
— John Denham
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