"L'ambition prend aux petites âmes plus facilement qu'aux grandes, comme le feu prend plus aisément à la paille, aux chaumières qu'aux palais."
— Nicolas Chamfort

January 1, 1970

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Maximes et Pensées, #68 — Petty souls are more susceptible to ambition than great ones, just as straw or thatched cottages burn more easily than palaces. — Reflections