At court, far from regarding ambition as a sin, people rega… - Vicesimus Knox

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At court, far from regarding ambition as a sin, people regard it as a virtue, or if it passes for a vice, then it is regarded as the vice of great souls, and the vices of great souls are preferred to the virtues of the simple and the small.

Vicesimus Knox

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(8 December 1752 – 6 September 1821) was an English essayist, headmaster and Anglican priest.

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God commands (people) to maintain justice, kindness, and proper relations with their relatives. He forbids them to commit indecency, sin, and rebellion.

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