proverb · Legacy record
Ambition and revenge are always hungry.
Ambition and revenge are always hungry.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Ambition and revenge are given an unending appetite. The saying suggests that either pursuit may keep demanding more rather than reaching satisfaction.
What the words are saying
Hungry personifies the two motives, while always makes the warning absolute. A useful interpretation examines whether a particular pursuit is escalating or displacing other needs. Ambition can also have reasonable limits, and a wish for accountability should not automatically be confused with revenge.
Everyday example
Someone reviews whether an expanding personal goal still serves its purpose or has become an endless demand.
When to use it
Use it to examine an insatiability image with motives and context distinguished.
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What it does not mean
No universal account of ambition or revenge is established, and accountability is not necessarily retaliation.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided proverb reference
Supplied reference A; unit 906; PDF page 127
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