William Blake
Poet, Painter
"The pride of the peacock is the glory of God."
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Glory
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Politician, Philosopher, Orator
"I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory."
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer
"Music's only purpose should be for the glory of God and the recreation of the human spirit."
William Wordsworth
Poet
"Be mild, and cleave to gentle things, thy glory and thy happiness be there."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Politician, Philosopher, Orator
"Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues."
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"Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all."
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"Lord, make me see thy glory in every place."
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"The stars that have most glory have no rest."
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"At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!"
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"Our glory is hidden in our pain, if we allow God to bring the gift of himself in our experience of it."
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"The best of men choose one thing in preference to all else, immortal glory in preference to mortal good; whereas the masses simply glut themselves like cattle."
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"The glory of God shines, indeed, in all creatures on high and below, but never more brightly than in the cross."
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"Some devil with a pitchfork keep talkin' like he know me. I stood before an angel as he told me bout the glory."
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"To err is nature, to rectify error is glory."
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"The darkness declares the glory of light."
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"Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever."
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"There is my body, in it an ocean formed of his glory, all the creation, all the universes, all the galaxies, are lost in it."
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"The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it."
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"We rise in glory as we sink in pride."
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"The best that can happen is that someone can catch a glimpse of the glory you're hinting at."
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"Every day without exception - is a gift from God, entrusted to us to use for His glory."
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"Your defects are the ways that glory gets manifested ... That's where the Light enters you."
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"The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory."
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"Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even agony into a glory"
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"Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?."
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