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The first in glory, as the first in place.
The first in glory, as the first in place.
Holy Father, so passes away the glory of the world.
[Lat., Pater sancte, sic transit gloria mundi.]
Holy Father, so passes away the glory of the world.
[Lat., Pater sancte, sic transit gloria mundi.]
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
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.
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so read more
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it.
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.
The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.
Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife!
To all the sensual world proclaim,
One crowded hour of read more
Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife!
To all the sensual world proclaim,
One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name.
Who track the steps of Glory to the grave.
Who track the steps of Glory to the grave.
