A small paper crown casting a much larger crown-shaped shadow across a lavender surface.

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Edmund Burke

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Ambition doesn't always announce itself with grand leaps; it can also advance quietly, patiently, even stealthily. The speaker points to two styles of aspiration, the soaring and the creeping, hinting that low-profile schemes may reach as far as visible, dramatic ones.

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