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Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.
Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.
 Better to die ten thousand deaths,
 Than wound my honour.  
 Better to die ten thousand deaths,
 Than wound my honour. 
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.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
 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. 
Honor lies in honest toil.
Honor lies in honest toil.
Fail to honor people,they fail to honor you; but of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is read more
Fail to honor people,they fail to honor you; but of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, 'We did this ourselves.'
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.