Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause to an ardent generous perhaps an immoderate passion for fame a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately when lawful they do not excite desire.
I look back to when I got divorced in the late 1970s. When that happened I was so broken up. After that I decided to seek God for my life and my next marriage.