Gloriam qui spreverit, veram habet—He who despises glory will have true glory. Livy.
Glories, like glow-worms, afar-off shine bright, / But looked at near, have neither heat nor light. Webster.
Glorious men are the scorn of wise men, the admiration of fools, the idols of parasites, and the slaves of their own vaunts. Bacon.
Glory and gain the industrious tribe provoke; / And gentle dulness ever loves a joke. Pope.
Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a 25 beneficent sun, covers the whole earth with flowers and fruits. Vauvenargues.
Glory grows guilty of detested crimes. Love's L. Lost, iv. 1.
Glory is like a circle in the water, / Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, / Till, by broad spreading, it disperse to naught. 1 Hen. VI., i. 2.
Glory is safe when it is deserved; not so popularity; the one lasts like mosaic, the other is effaced like a crayon drawing. Boufflers.
Glory is so enchanting that we love whatever we associate with it, even though it be death. Pascal.
Glory is the fair child of peril. Smollett. 30