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    Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never
    re-enter it once we are on the outside.
    [Fr., L'honneur est comme une ile escarpee et sans bords;
    On n'y peut plus rentrer des qu'on en est dehors.]

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Great honours are great burdens, but on whom
They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
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Great honours are great burdens, but on whom
They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
His cares must still be double to his joys,
In any dignity.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Honor Quotes,
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He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to read more

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

by Walter Lippmann Found in: Honor Quotes,
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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?

by Joseph Addison Found in: Honor Quotes,
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These were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of
the times.

These were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of
the times.

by Bible Found in: Honor Quotes,
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Mine honor is my life; both grow in one; Take honor from me, and my life is done.

Mine honor is my life; both grow in one; Take honor from me, and my life is done.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Honor Quotes,
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Better to die ten thousand deaths,
Than wound my honour.

Better to die ten thousand deaths,
Than wound my honour.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Honor Quotes,
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Dead on the field of honour.

Dead on the field of honour.

by Unknown Found in: Honor Quotes,
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Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences.

Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences.

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Honor lies in honest toil.

Honor lies in honest toil.

by Steven Grover Cleveland Found in: Honor Quotes,
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