proverb · Words worth keeping
Ambition and revenge are always hungry.
Ambition and revenge are always hungry.
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.
Example
Someone reviews whether an expanding personal goal still serves its purpose or has become an endless demand.
Deeper explanation and when to use it
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.
When to use it
Use it to examine an insatiability image with motives and context distinguished.
Keep in mind
No universal account of ambition or revenge is established, and accountability is not necessarily retaliation.
An interpretation of the words, not a claim about their 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
- Date unknown