Usages of gloria
Patria civibus carior est quam gloria privata.
The fatherland is dearer to the citizens than private glory.
Gloria sine dignitate brevis est.
Glory without dignity is brief.
Qui gloriam tantum quaerit, dignitatem saepe spernit.
Whoever seeks only glory often scorns dignity.
Pater dicit se gloriam sine bono communi spernere.
Father says that he scorns glory without the common good.
Princeps dicit se patriam magis amare quam gloriam suam.
The ruler says that she loves the fatherland more than her own glory.
Pater dicit gloriam sine labore brevem esse.
Father says that glory without effort is brief.
Princeps bonum commune magis quam gloriam suam diligit.
The ruler values the common good more than her own glory.
Si quis callidus est, potestne etiam modestiam servare? Magistra respondet posse, si gloriam non quaerat.
If someone is clever, can that person also keep modesty? The teacher answers that it is possible, if he does not seek glory.
Pater dicit prudentem senatorem salutem civitatis magis quam gloriam suam spectare debere.
Father says that a wise senator ought to consider the safety of the state more than his own glory.
In hac nova historia regina non tam gloriam suam quam salutem civitatis quaerit.
In this new story the queen seeks not so much her own glory as the safety of the state.
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