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The ambitious wanders wildly after something which he thinks will give him immense happiness, but his great happiness lies in the fact that he has much to do; and if he feels wretched by some disappointment, he still has the happiness of being wretched. Because he thinks he has a needle for the shell of misfortune, and the real cure is that he has faith that he has this needle.

"Ambițiosul umblă năuc după ceva care socotește că-i va da o nemaipomenită fericire, dar marea lui fericire stă în aceea că are mult de lucru; și dacă se simte nenorocit de pe urma vreunei dezamăgiri, tot îi mai rămâne fericirea de a fi nenorocit. Deoarece crede că are ac de cojocul nenorocirii, iar adevăratul leac e că are credința că are acest ac."