 tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did...  Aphorisms from Shakespeare - Pagina 108de William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 456 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | William Shakespeare - 2000 - 248 pagini
...ambizione, alla quale chi sale Dirige il viso. Ma quando raggiunge But when he once attains the upmosi round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2000 - 164 pagini
...swayed 20 More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof 21 That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, 22 Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, 24 He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees 26 By which... | |
 | Michael Ross, Keith West - 2001 - 134 pagini
...have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may. Then, lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 496 pagini
...soliloquy of Brutus just after he has pledged himself to the conspiracy: "Tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.' Here we have a full, rounded period in which all the elements seem to have been adjusted, and the whole... | |
 | Harold Bloom - 2001 - 750 pagini
...estado del hombre, Como el de un pequeño reino, sufre entonces La esencia de una insurrección.4 upward turns his face; / But when he once attains the upmost...scorning the base degrees / By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; / The lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel I Vi'ill bear no colour for the thing... | |
 | Orson Welles - 2001 - 342 pagini
...reason. But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost...round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks into the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may. Then lest he may,... | |
 | John Phillips - 2001 - 276 pagini
...other ideas about the kind of religion suitable for mankind. As Brutus said of Caesar: That lowliness is young ambition's ladder. Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the utmost round. He then unto the ladder turns his back. Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | Stanley Wells - 2002 - 282 pagini
...view which justif1es human intervention in the social order: But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may. Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1989 - 1286 pagini
...not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness g swords. For me, the ransom of my bold attempt Shall be this cold corpse on the earth's cold face; so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing... | |
 | John Alan Roe - 2002 - 238 pagini
...appear: But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder Whereto the climber upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may, Then, lest he may, prevent. (21-8) We have of course heard words very much like these... | |
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