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Now, while the honour thou hast got
Is spick and span new.
Now, while the honour thou hast got
Is spick and span new.
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?
There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries
to corrupt you.
[Lat., Nulla read more
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.]
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.
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.
Better to die ten thousand deaths,
Than wound my honour.
Better to die ten thousand deaths,
Than wound my honour.
Do not consider what you may do, but what it will become you to
have done, and let the read more
Do not consider what you may do, but what it will become you to
have done, and let the sense of honor subdue your mind.
[Lat., Nec tibi quid liceat, sed quid fecisse decebit
Occurrat, mentemque domet respectus honesti.]
Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return.
Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return.
