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    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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Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Honor Quotes,
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Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.

Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.

by Welsh Proverb Found in: Honor Quotes,
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The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.

The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.

by Martha Graham Found in: Honor Quotes,
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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.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Honor Quotes,
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All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

by Andrew Carnegie Found in: Honor Quotes,
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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.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Honor Quotes,
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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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Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a read more

Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Honor Quotes,
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I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

by Julius Caesar Found in: Honor Quotes,
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