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Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong
Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong
The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.
The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.
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.]
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.
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.
In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not
what you said or thought.
[Lat., Semper in read more
In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not
what you said or thought.
[Lat., Semper in fide quid senseris, non quid dixeris,
cogitandum.]
Titles of honour add not to his worth,
Who is himself an honour of his titles.
Titles of honour add not to his worth,
Who is himself an honour of his titles.
When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.
When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.
