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The first in glory, as the first in place.
The first in glory, as the first in place.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Glory is the shadow of virtue.
Glory is the shadow of virtue.
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.]
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.
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.
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.]
