Just A Thought ~ AMBITION

"All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries of mankind."

~ Joseph Conrad ~

There is no reason why we should not enjoy life, and every reason why we should, inasmuch as we can, but we should do so in a legitimate way, that is, by not harming anyone or anything. Unfortunately, pleasure is often gained at the expense of others. Consider the games the Roman Emperors staged to keep the people content: unlike the Olympic games of the earlier Greeks, which involved no bloodshed, the Roman Games were spectacles of great slaughter, and the whole of North Africa was depopulated of its wild animals.