quotations about glory
This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
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The Biglow Papers
Prefer glory that will last forever, rather than that which lasts but a day.
POMPEY
attributed, Day's Collacon
Glory is the casual gift of thoughtless crowds.
SAMUEL JOHNSON
attributed, Day's Collacon
The love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of it creates a great man.
CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD
attributed, Day's Collacon
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
CICERO
Tusculanarum Disputationum
Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.
WILLIAM COWPER
Table Talk
When human glory rises high
As human glory can;
When though the king is truly great,
Still greater is the man.
EDWARD YOUNG
"Resignation"
The way to prove superior to death is to die with glory.
AL-MUGHALLIS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Like madness is the glory of this life
As this pomp shows to a little oil and root.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The Life of Timon of Athens
Not hate, but glory, made these chiefs contend;
And each brave foe was in his soul a friend.
HOMER
The Iliad