You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at
the wheels of her glittering car.
read more
Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at
the wheels of her glittering car.
[Lat., Fulgente trahit constrictos Gloria curru
Non minus ignotos generosis.]
The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any read more
The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any where.
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.
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity.
The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity.
The first in glory, as the first in place.
The first in glory, as the first in place.
Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.
Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.
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.]
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
