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Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong
Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong
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.]
The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death.
The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death.
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?
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.
The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even read more
The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.
Content thyself to be obscurely good.
When vice prevails and impious men bear away,
The post of read more
Content thyself to be obscurely good.
When vice prevails and impious men bear away,
The post of honor is a private station.
Honor lies in honest toil.
Honor lies in honest toil.
