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Honor is like a widow, won
With brisk attempt and putting on.
Honor is like a widow, won
With brisk attempt and putting on.
Now, while the honour thou hast got
Is spick and span new.
Now, while the honour thou hast got
Is spick and span new.
All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.
All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.
Content thyself to be obscurely good.
When vice prevails and impious men bear away,
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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
When vice prevails and impious men bear away,
The post of honor is a private station.
The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.
The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.
The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness,
and peril of falling?
The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness,
and peril of falling?
Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong
Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong
Give me, kind Heaven, a private station,
A mind serene for contemplation:
Title and profit I resign;
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Give me, kind Heaven, a private station,
A mind serene for contemplation:
Title and profit I resign;
The post of honor shall be mine.
