Petty souls are more susceptible to ambition than great ones, just as straw or thatched cottages burn more easily than palaces.


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.

Petty souls are more susceptible to ambition than great ones, just as straw or thatched cottages burn more easily than palaces.

Petty souls are more susceptible to ambition than great ones, just as straw or thatched cottages burn more easily than palaces.

Petty souls are more susceptible to ambition than great ones, just as straw or thatched cottages burn more easily than palaces.