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Quotation from Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
“Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition! By that sin fell the angels; how can man, then, The image of his maker, hope to win by it”
Henry VIII, Act III, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1541 (First Folio text, modernized))
Wolsey's parting counsel to his servant links political ambition to the pride of the fallen angels.
Citation: "Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition! By that sin fell the angels; how can man, then, The image of his maker, hope to win by it" — William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, Act III, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1541 (First Folio text, modernized)). (id henry-viii-q9)
