Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Fools grant whatever ambition craves

 
 
Ye Gods! what justice rules the ball?
Freedom and arts together fall;
Fools grant whate'er ambition craves,
And men, once ignorant, are slaves.
Oh curs'd effects of civil hate,
In ev'ry age, in ev'ry state!

-- Alexander Pope, Chorus of Athenians