Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford:

Ambition devours gold and drinks blood and climbs so high by other men’s heads, that at the length in the fall, it breaks its own neck; therefore, it is better to live in humble content than in high care and trouble.
~Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford


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It is a maxim in philosophy that ambitious men can be never good counselors to princes; the desire of having more is common to great lords, and a desire of rule a great cause of their ruin.
~Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford


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More precious is want with honesty than wealth with infamy.
~Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford


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