Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
I'll perform all the way to the grave.
Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.
Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave.
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.
We usually say of ancient persons, that they have already one foot in the grave, and the rest of their life is nothing else but the bringing of these feet together.
Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.
We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.
Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.