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The glory dies not, and the grief is past.
The glory dies not, and the grief is past.
 O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.
 [Lat., O quam cito transit gloria mundi.]  
 O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.
 [Lat., O quam cito transit gloria mundi.] 
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
 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 of Him who
 Hung His masonry pendant on naught, when the world He created.  
 The glory of Him who
 Hung His masonry pendant on naught, when the world He created. 
 Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.
 [Lat., Cineri gloria sera est.]  
 Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.
 [Lat., Cineri gloria sera est.] 
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.
 Glory is never where virtue is not.
 [Fr., La gloire n'est jamais ou la vertu n'est pas.]  
 Glory is never where virtue is not.
 [Fr., La gloire n'est jamais ou la vertu n'est pas.] 
 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.]