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...of Caesar, I have not known when his affections swayed More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young Ambition's ladder Whereto...back Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may: Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no...

...power must inevitably corrupt the most virtuous man and make a tyrant of him: But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may. Then, lest he may, prevent. (II.i.21-28) In terms of Tudor political...

...Brutus tries to justify murdering Caesar, he too evokes the rivalrous world of Roman politics: . . . lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the...back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. (2. 1 .23-28) Because Caesar has gained this "upmost round" and towers "like...

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...Smart-Ass But 'tis common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder Whereto the climber upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost...back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. [Julius Caesar II i 2 1 ] Nemesis And when he thinks his greatness is a-ripening...

...reason. But 'tis common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder Whereto the climber upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost...back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may. Then, lest he may, prevent. (2.1.10-15, 19-iy)97 Given that...

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...I grant we put a sting in him That at his will he may do danger with. . . . But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no...

...Mathews, Hardball, 1999 Theodore White, on Lyndon Johnson's instinct for power But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. Brutus in William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 1599 ANATOMY Cough once told...