Quote#Success & Failure
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of…
Quote byWilliam Scott, 1st Baron Stowell · 1745–1836
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: As quoted in History of the Anti-Corn Law League (1853), by Archibald Prentice, p. 54; around 1876 this began to began to be cited to W. Scott, and then around 1880 sometimes to Walter Scott, but without citations of source, including a variant: "Selfish ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forget.
English (original)
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
— William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell
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