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Vainglory !!!

 Vainglory 👍


Theory of Moral Sentiments , Adam Smith


Amidst all the greedy pomp of most ostentatious greatness

Amidst the venal and vile adulation of great and learned

Amidst the foolish accumulation of common people

Amidst the pride of conquest and war

He is still secretly pursued by avenging furies of shame and remorse!


Even the great Caesar , who could at an instant dismiss his enemies

Could not dismiss his suspicions!

And he felt 👍I have lived long enough , for Nature! 

I am contented to die! 


Certainly he had lived too long enough for real glory

Ie., that stems from the happiness in the love and esteem of his equals!!!