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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.
There is no road of flowers leading to glory
There is no road of flowers leading to glory
Glory is like a circle in the water,
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself
Till by broad read more
Glory is like a circle in the water,
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself
Till by broad spreading it disperse to naught.
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.
Who track the steps of Glory to the grave.
Who track the steps of Glory to the grave.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.
The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.
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.]
The glory dies not, and the grief is past.
The glory dies not, and the grief is past.
