Quote#Nature
[Ambitious men] may not cease, but as a dog in a wheel, a bird in a…
Quote byRobert Burton · 1577–1640
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Part I, Section 2, member 3, subsection 11, Concupiscible Appetite, as Desires, Ambition, Causes..
English (original)
[Ambitious men] may not cease, but as a dog in a wheel, a bird in a cage, or a squirrel in a chain, so Budaeus compares them; they climb and climb still, with much labour, but never make an end, never at the top.
— Robert Burton
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