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Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it.
[Lat., Ici l'honneur m'oblige, et j'y veux satisfaire.]

Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it.
[Lat., Ici l'honneur m'oblige, et j'y veux satisfaire.]

by Pierre Corneille Found in: Honor Quotes,
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Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

by Theodore Roosevelt Found in: Honor Quotes,
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If he that in the field is slain
Be in the bed of honour lain,
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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.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Honor Quotes,
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When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there
is no witness.
[Lat., Turpe quid ausurus, read more

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there
is no witness.
[Lat., Turpe quid ausurus, te sine teste time.]

by Decimus Magnus Ausonius Found in: Honor Quotes,
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The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Honor Quotes,
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Honour is but an itch in youthful blood
Of doing acts extravagantly good.

Honour is but an itch in youthful blood
Of doing acts extravagantly good.

by Samuel Howard Found in: Honor Quotes,
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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.]

by Francis I (francois) Found in: Honor Quotes,
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Your word is a s good as the Bank, Sir.

Your word is a s good as the Bank, Sir.

by Thomas Holcroft Found in: Honor Quotes,
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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.]

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