| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 1289 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (15641616) |
| QUOTATION: | T is a common proof, That lowliness is young ambitions ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost 1 round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Julius Cæsar. Act ii. Sc. 1. [text] |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |
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