A Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli
He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.
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Whence will the eagle become gray?
Whence is it that night is dark?
Whence is it that the linnet is green?
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