John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6902 Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1809-1892 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6902 |
| AUTHOR: | Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| QUOTATION: | Ambition Is like the sea wave, which the more you drink The more you thirst—yea—drink too much, as men Have done on rafts of wreck—it drives you mad. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Cup. Act i. Scene 3. |