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Ambition's never safe till power be past
First Line:
Ambition's never safe till power be past
Last Line:
As men till impotent were seldom chaste
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5528
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Greatness most envied when least understood
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Greatness most envied when least understood
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To be more wretched than the vulgar can
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
18992