quotations about glory
There is but one thing necessary to keep the possession of true glory, which is to perserve the virtue by which it was acquired.
RICHARD STEELE
The Spectator, September 17, 1711
Glory is the casual gift of thoughtless crowds.
SAMUEL JOHNSON
attributed, Day's Collacon
Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.
WILLIAM COWPER
Table Talk
Prefer glory that will last forever, rather than that which lasts but a day.
POMPEY
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
What was glory but something that reduced the more there were of you to share it?
IAIN M. BANKS
Surface Detail
Though men may impose upon themselves what they please by their corrupt imaginations, truth will ever keep its station; and as glory is nothing else but the shadow of virtue, it will certainly disappear at the departure of virtue.
RICHARD STEELE
The Spectator, August 9, 1711
Glory is the sun of the dead.
HONORÉ DE BALZAC
La Recherche de l'Absolu
The way to prove superior to death is to die with glory.
AL-MUGHALLIS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Not hate, but glory, made these chiefs contend;
And each brave foe was in his soul a friend.
HOMER
The Iliad