An once of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.

An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.

An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition. •Michael Korda We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity. •G. K. Chesterton Often a noble face hides filthy ways. •Euripides The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.

It used to be that the highest ambition of American novelists was to write 'the Great American Novel,' that great white whale of American fiction that would encompass all the American experience in one great book.

A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions

To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n