If we seek a reason of the succession and continuance of this boundless ambition in mortal men we may add...that the kings and princes of the world have always laid before them the actions but not the ends of those great ones which preceded them. They are always transported with the glory of the one, but they never mind the misery of the other till they find the experience in themselves. They neglect the advice of God, while they enjoy life, or hope; but they follow the counsel of Death upon his first approach.
-Sir Walter Raleigh
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