"The stars that have most glory have no rest."
"Th aspirer, once attaind unto the top, Cuts off those means by which himself got up."
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Source: Samuel Daniel (1718). “The Poetical Works of Mr. Samuel Daniel ...: To which is Prefix'd, Memoirs of His Life and Writings ...”, p.48
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