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“In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies.”

Looks Eye Lasts Past Dies Speak Hours Glory Thirds Balls Paid Various British Screens Reputation Indian Queens Charming

Book:The Rape of the Lock In Plain and Simple English (Translated)

Source: The Rape of the Lock In Plain and Simple English (Translated)

“John Sculley ruined Apple and he ruined it by bringing a set of values to the top of Apple which were corrupt and corrupted some of the top people who were there, drove out some of the ones who were not corruptible, and brought in more corrupt ones and paid themselves collectively tens of millions of dollars and cared more about their own glory and wealth than they did about what built Apple in the first place which was making great computers for people to use.”

People Firsts Use Values Wealth Millions Computer Glory Built Paid Dollars Apples Ruined

Author:Steve Jobs

“This much have I learned: A man's life weighs more than glory, and a price paid in blood is a heavy reckoning.”

Men Blood Glory Paid Heavy Reckoning

Book:The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain

Source: The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain

“Glory and fame mean twelve thousand francs' worth of paid articles in the newspapers and five thousand crowns' worth of dinners.”

Mean Five Thousand Fame Glory Paid Dinner Newspapers Articles Twelve Crowns

Author:Honore de Balzac

“I believe that almost all politicians are honest. For every bribed alderman there are hundreds of politicians, low paid or not paid at all, doing their level best without thanks or glory to make our system work. If this were not true, we would never have gotten past the thirteen colonies.”

Ifs Believe Past I Believe Levels Honest Politician Lows Glory Paid Thanks Colony Thirteen

Author:Robert A. Heinlein

“Jobs are a part of life. Maybe you've heard of the concept. It's called work? See, what happens is that you suffer through doing annoying and humiliating things until you get paid not enough money. Like those Japanese game shows, only without all the glory.”

Enough Shows Happens Jobs Suffering Games Work Heard Glory Concepts Paid Annoying Parts Of Life Humiliating Game Shows Thomas Raith

Book:Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files

Source: Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files

“Is it not the glory of the people of America, that whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times and other nations, they have not suffered a blind veneration for antiquity, for custom, or for names, to overrule the suggestions of their own good sense, the knowledge of their own situation, and the lessons of their own experience? To this manly spirit, posterity will be indebted for the possession, and the world for the example of the numerous innovations displayed on the American theatre, in favor of private rights and public happiness.”

Source: The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist Papers

“The Gods sell when they give. Glory is paid for with disgrace. Poor are the happy, for they are Just what passes.”

Giving Poor Glory Paid Sells Disgrace

Author:Fernando Pessoa