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Ambition hath but two steps: the lowest, blood the highest, envy.

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William Lilly
Age: 79 †
Born: 1602
Born: May 11
Died: 1681
Died: June 9
Astrologer
Writer
Envy
Ambition
Highest
Steps
Blood
Two
Lowest
Hath

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