You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
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.
Those glories come too late
That on our ashes wait.
Those glories come too late
That on our ashes wait.
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.]
. . . glory built
On selfish principles is shame and guilt.
. . . glory built
On selfish principles is shame and guilt.
There is no road of flowers leading to glory
There is no road of flowers leading to glory
Like madness is the glory of this life
As this pomp shows to a little oil and root.
Like madness is the glory of this life
As this pomp shows to a little oil and root.
The first in glory, as the first in place.
The first in glory, as the first in place.
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.
