Fri, 2007-12-07 02:59.
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man by one which is lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other, ambition. Ambition is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
Henry Ward Beecher. or Joseph Conrad. isn't it great how quotes are always attributed to more than one person, or to nobody at all?