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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity.
The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity.
Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
The glory dies not, and the grief is past.
The glory dies not, and the grief is past.
Most dreams of glory are safe because we never venture to put them into practice.
Most dreams of glory are safe because we never venture to put them into practice.
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
[Lat., Gloria virtutem tanquam umbra sequitur.]
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
[Lat., Gloria virtutem tanquam umbra sequitur.]
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.]
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
