There is no road of flowers leading to glory

There is no road of flowers leading to glory

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 paid to our ashes comes too late

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

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.

The first in glory, as the first in place.

The first in glory, as the first in place.

Go where glory waits thee;
But while fame elates thee,
Oh! still remember me.

Go where glory waits thee;
But while fame elates thee,
Oh! still remember me.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.

Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.