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.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

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 drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at
the wheels of her glittering car.
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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.]

Glory is like a circle in the water,
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself
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Glory is like a circle in the water,
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself
Till by broad spreading it disperse to naught.

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

The glory dies not, and the grief is past.

The glory dies not, and the grief is past.

Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain.
[Lat., Nisi utile est quod facimus, stulta est gloria.]

Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain.
[Lat., Nisi utile est quod facimus, stulta est gloria.]

To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.

To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.