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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 2929 |
| AUTHOR: | John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| QUOTATION: | But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune’s ice prefers to Virtue’s land. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Absalom and Achitophel. Part i. Line 198. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. Greatnesse on Goodnesse loves to slide, not stand, And leaves, for Fortune’s ice, Vertue’s ferme land. Knolles: History (under a portrait of Mustapha I.) [back] |
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