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Wisdom is corrupted by ambition, even when the quality of the ambition is intellectual. For ambition, even of this quality, is but a form of self-love.

Henry Taylor

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Henry Taylor
Age: 85 †
Born: 1800
Born: October 18
Died: 1886
Died: March 27
Author
Dramatist
Writer
Bishop Middleham
County Durham
Sir Henry Taylor
Form
Self
Even
Love
Corrupted
Ambition
Intellectual
Wisdom
Quality

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