How sweet is praise, and justly purchased glory,
By one's own actions, when to Heaven they soar!
Each nobler soul will strain, to have his story,
Match, if not darken, all that went before.
Envy of other's fame, not transitory,
Screws up illustrious actions more, and more.
Such, as contend in honorable deeds,
The spur of high applause incites their speeds. (Luís de Camões)

How sweet is praise, and justly purchased glory, By one's own actions, when to Heaven they soar! Each nobler soul will strain, to have his story, Match, if not darken, all that went before. Envy of other's fame, not transitory, Screws up illustrious actions more, and more. Such, as contend in honorable deeds, The spur of high applause incites their speeds.

Luís de Camões

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