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Show Gems of XTboiiQbt VAIN AND TRUE GLORY It is not to be imagined in how ! many ways vanity defeats its own 1 purpose. Lord1 Chesterfield. The vain-glory of this world is i a deceitful sweetness, a fruitless j labor, a perpetual fear, a dangerous danger-ous honor; her beginning is with-i with-i out Providence, and her end not j without repentance. Quarles. i Remember that human pride: forfeits spiritual power, and either vacillating good or self -as- j sertive error dies of its own ele-1 ments. 'Mary Baker Eddy. i True glory takes deep root and ! spreads its branches wide; but all j pretenses soon fall to the ground j like fragile flowers, and nothing j counterfeit can be lasting. 1 Cicero. Applause waits on success; the fickle multitude, like the light straw that floats along the stream, glides with the current still, and follows fortune. ; Franklin. i The glory of good men is in their conscience and not in the mouth of men. Thomas a Kem-: pis. t ! i Snbstn'bp Don't Rorrow! j |