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Glory Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.
- The ruthlessness born of self-seeking is ineffectual compared with the ruthlessness sustained by dedication to a holy cause. God wishes, said Calvin, that one should…
- Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints at its savage ancestry. Animals…
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- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. — Marcus Aurelius
- I wish I could say something classy and inspirational, but that just wouldn't be our style. ... Pain heals. Chicks dig scars.… — Keanu Reeves
- The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed… — Alfred Austin
- The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and… — John Adams
- In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us. — Charles Baudelaire
- Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves… — Henry Ward Beecher
- It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine… — Robert Browning