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“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
“Past glories are poor feeding.” Isaac Asimov, Foundation
“There are victories whose glory lies only in the fact that they are known to those who win them.” Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
“Hang the treasure! It's the glory of the sea that has turned my head.” Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
“But the greater the difficulty, the greater the glory; for no occasion arises that can excuse a man for being guilty of injustice.” Marcus Tullius Cicero, On Duties
“in the nature of man, we find three principall causes of quarrel. First, Competition; Secondly, Diffidence; Thirdly, Glory. The first, maketh men invade for Gain; the second, for Safety; and the third, for Reputation.” Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
“O mighty Caesar! dost thou lie so low? Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, shrunk to this little measure?” William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
“God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.” Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
“The warlike days are over. Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonourable peace, and the glories of the great races are as a tale that is told.” Bram Stoker, Dracula
“I dislike Nietzsche because he likes the contemplation of pain, because he erects conceit into a duty, because the men whom he most admires are conquerors, whose glory is cleverness in causing men to die.” Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy
“These people will never understand him! He’ll be famous — a legend — I wouldn’t be surprised if today was known as Harry Potter Day in the future — there will be books written about Harry — every child in our world will know his name!” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
“People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.” George Eliot, Middlemarch
“Yet it cannot be called talent to slay fellow-citizens, to deceive friends, to be without faith, without mercy, without religion; such methods may gain empire, but not glory.” Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
“The love of battle is the food upon which we live—the dust of the 'melee' is the breath of our nostrils! We live not—we wish not to live—longer than while we are victorious and renowned—Such, maiden, are the laws of chivalry to which we...” Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
“Man dies, but glory lives!” Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
“Glory and curiosity are the scourges of the soul; the last prompts us to thrust our noses into everything, the other forbids us to leave anything doubtful and undecided.” Michel de Montaigne, The Essays of Michel de Montaigne
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” A. W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God
“Where's the glory in repeating what others have done?” Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief
“an ambitious man desires nothing so much as glory, and fears nothing so much as shame.” Baruch Spinoza, Ethics

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Julius Caesar (1)
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Treasure Island (1)
On Duties (1)
Ethics (1)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1)