"Ambition," The Cynic's Word Book (1906) - Bierce, Ambrose | WIST Quotations
AMBITION, n. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. Included in The Devil's Dictionary (1911). Originally published in the "Devil's Dictionary" column in the San Francisco Wasp, where the entry read: An overmastering desire to be abused by the newspapers…
