Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Holy Father, so passes away the glory of the world.
[Lat., Pater sancte, sic transit gloria mundi.]

Holy Father, so passes away the glory of the world.
[Lat., Pater sancte, sic transit gloria mundi.]

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

The glory dies not, and the grief is past.

The glory dies not, and the grief is past.

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.
[Lat., Cineri gloria sera est.]

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.
[Lat., Cineri gloria sera est.]

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art read more

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.

The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity.

The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity.

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.

The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.

The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.