Expensive Quote by Sydney Smith

Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

— William Cowper

You preserve your shame but you kill your glory.

— Victor Hugo

Unless what we do is useful, glory is vain

— Latin Proverb

You should never seek glory in doing something good for someone else

— Sherrice Hodge

Glory — once achieved, what is it worth?

— Emile M. Cioran

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.

— Oriana Fallaci

Glory is sometimes a low courtesan who on the road entices many who did not think of her. They are astonished to obtain favors…

— Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne

I am not interested in individual glory.

— Gareth Thomas

Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little a value…

— Michel de Montaigne

The shortest way to arrive at glory would be to do that for conscience which we do for glory.

— Michel de Montaigne

The sense that in this universe we are treated as strangers, the longing to be acknowledged, to meet with some response, to bridge some…

— Anonymous

The glory is for those who deserve.

— Horace