“Glory, built
On selfish principles, is shame and guilt.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist
Source: Table Talk (1782), Line 1.
“Avoid shame, but do not seek glory, — nothing so expensive as glory.”
Vol. I, ch. 4
Lady Holland's Memoir (1855)
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