Glory is the shadow of virtue.

Glory is the shadow of virtue.

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 glory dies not, and the grief is past.

The glory dies not, and the grief is past.

Glory is never where virtue is not.
[Fr., La gloire n'est jamais ou la vertu n'est pas.]

Glory is never where virtue is not.
[Fr., La gloire n'est jamais ou la vertu n'est pas.]

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

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

To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.

To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.

Those glories come too late
That on our ashes wait.

Those glories come too late
That on our ashes wait.

Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife!
To all the sensual world proclaim,
One crowded hour of read more

Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife!
To all the sensual world proclaim,
One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.