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Honor lies in honest toil.
Honor lies in honest toil.
Madame, that you may know the state of the rest of my misfortune,
there is nothing left to me read more
Madame, that you may know the state of the rest of my misfortune,
there is nothing left to me but honor, and my life, which is
saved.
[Lat., Madame, pour vous faire savoir comme se porte le reste de
mon infortune, de toutes choses m'est demeure que l'honneur et la
vie qui est sauve.]
There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries
to corrupt you.
[Lat., Nulla read more
There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries
to corrupt you.
[Lat., Nulla est laus ibi esse integrum, ubi nemo est, qui aut
possit aut conetur rumpere.]
If he that in the field is slain
Be in the bed of honour lain,
He that read more
If he that in the field is slain
Be in the bed of honour lain,
He that is beaten may be said
To lie in Honour's truckle-bed.
Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return.
Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return.
Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong
Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong
Your word is a s good as the Bank, Sir.
Your word is a s good as the Bank, Sir.
Do not consider what you may do, but what it will become you to
have done, and let the read more
Do not consider what you may do, but what it will become you to
have done, and let the sense of honor subdue your mind.
[Lat., Nec tibi quid liceat, sed quid fecisse decebit
Occurrat, mentemque domet respectus honesti.]
Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.
Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.