Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — First Series Vol. 02 — Chapter 19.--Concerning the Difference Between True Glory and the Desire of Domination.
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers First Series Vol. 2
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There is assuredly a difference between the desire of human glory and the desire of domination; for, though he who has an overweening delight in human glory will be also very prone to aspire earnestly after domination, nevertheless they who desire the true glory even of human praise strive not to displease those who judge well of them. For there are many good moral qualities, of which many are competent judges, although they are not possessed by many; and by those good moral qualities those men press on to glory, honor and domination, of whom Sallust says, "But they press on by the tru…
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