Death of Hector in the Iliad: 'Tis true I perish, yet I perish great: Yet in a mighty deed I shall expire, Let future ages hear it, and...

Socrates also used to say that there was a quick and short road for those who wanted to attain glory: they would have to make sure that...

Plutarch on the danger of seeking glory: But the desire of glory has great power in washing the tinctures of philosophy out of the souls...

Sertorius was ordered to raise soldiers and provide arms, which he performed with a diligence and alacrity, so contrasting with the...

Pliny the Younger, "Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive, of our actions." Cicero. Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero With His...