Glory

Famous quotes containing the word glory:

    “Though nothing can bring back the hour
    Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
    We will grieve not, rather find
    Strength in what remains behind;”
    —William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

    “But can see better there, and laughing there
    Pity the giants wallowing on the plain.
    ...
    Pygmies expand in cold impossible air,
    Cry fie on the giantshine, poor glory which
    Pounds breast-bone punily, screeches, and has
    Reached no Alps: or, knows no Alps to reach.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “Oh! how many actions, how many fabulous exploits remain without glory in the midst of the night.”
    —Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)