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To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
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.]
Glory is the shadow of virtue.
Glory is the shadow of virtue.
Who pants for glory, finds but short repose;
A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.
Who pants for glory, finds but short repose;
A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
The first in glory, as the first in place.
The first in glory, as the first in place.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
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.]
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.