Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.

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James Cook
Born in 1728 to a Yorkshire farm family, Cook rose from coal-ship sailor to Royal Navy captain. Three Pacific voyages charted Australia, discovered Hawaii, and first penetrated the Antarctic Circle.
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Imagination rules the world.
-- Napoleon
The greatest joy of a conqueror is to drive his enemies before him, to seize their horses and treasure, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
-- Genghis Khan
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
-- Alexander the Great
I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.
-- Alexander the Great
The world is too small to have two kings.
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The world is not large enough to have two kings.
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