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Despising one's origins2 quotes
It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home. — Charles Dickens · 1861Lowliness 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 ascend. — William Shakespeare · 1599Ambition1 quote
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 ascend. — William Shakespeare · 1599Home1 quote
It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home. — Charles Dickens · 1861Shame1 quote
It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home. — Charles Dickens · 1861