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Glory Quotes

Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience... The desire to escape or camouflage their unsatisfactory selves develops in the frustrated a facility for pretending -- for making a show -- and also a readiness to identify themselves wholly with an imposing spectacle. Eric Hoffer
Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you John McCain
William Shakespeare quote: "Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to..."
Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till by broad spreading, it disperses to naught. William Shakespeare
Honore de Balzac quote: "Glory is the sunshine of the dead"
Glory is the sunshine of the dead Honore de Balzac
Glory never arrives through the front door. She sneaks in uninvited round the back or through an upstairs window while you are sleeping. Stephen Fry
Mahatma Gandhi quote: "Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in..."
Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it. Mahatma Gandhi
Algernon Charles Swinburne quote: "Glory to Man in the highest! For Man is the master of things."
Glory to Man in the highest! For Man is the master of things. Algernon Charles Swinburne
Oriana Fallaci quote: "Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is..."
Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare. Oriana Fallaci
William Cowper quote: "Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt."
Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. William Cowper
Marcus Valerius Martial quote: "Glory paid to our ashes comes too late."
Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. Marcus Valerius Martial
Marcus Valerius Martial quote: "Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes."
Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes. Marcus Valerius Martial
Emile M. Cioran quote: "Glory - once achieved, what is it worth?"
Glory - once achieved, what is it worth? Emile M. Cioran
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow."
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Napoleon Bonaparte quote: "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. Napoleon Bonaparte
Nay, the same Solomon the king, although he excelled in the glory of treasure and magnificent buildings, of shipping and navigation, of service and attendance, of fame and renown, and the like, yet he maketh no claim to any of those glories, but only to the glory of inquisition of truth; for so he saith expressly, "The glory of God is to conceal a thing, but the glory of the king is to find it out;" as if, according to the innocent play of children, the Divine Majesty took delight to hide His... Francis Bacon

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