Question

what act and scene is this quote from "but tis a common proof that the lowliness is young ambition's ladder"

Answer 1

Brutus: But 'tis a common proof / That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, / Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; / But when he once attains the utmost round, / He then unto the ladder turns his back. (II, i, 21-25).