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    Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.

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Those glories come too late
That on our ashes wait.

Those glories come too late
That on our ashes wait.

by Richard Lovelace Found in: Glory Quotes,
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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.]

by Jean De La Fontaine Found in: Glory Quotes,
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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.]

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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.

by James Thurber Found in: Glory Quotes,
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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.

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: Glory Quotes,
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Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Glory Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Moore Found in: Glory Quotes,
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This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.

This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Glory Quotes,
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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.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Glory Quotes,
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