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No flowery road leads to glory.
[Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
No flowery road leads to glory.
[Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain.
[Lat., Nisi utile est quod facimus, stulta est gloria.]
Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain.
[Lat., Nisi utile est quod facimus, stulta est gloria.]
O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.
[Lat., O quam cito transit gloria mundi.]
O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.
[Lat., O quam cito transit gloria mundi.]
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Glory is the shadow of virtue.
Glory is the shadow of virtue.
Those glories come too late
That on our ashes wait.
Those glories come too late
That on our ashes wait.
The glory dies not, and the grief is past.
The glory dies not, and the grief is past.
For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit read more
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.