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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.]
Honor lies in honest toil.
Honor lies in honest toil.
Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences.
Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences.
As quick as lightning, in the breach
Just in the place where honour's lodged,
As wise philosophers read more
As quick as lightning, in the breach
Just in the place where honour's lodged,
As wise philosophers have judged,
Because a kick in that place more
Hurts honour than deep wounds before.
All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.
All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
Honor is like a widow, won
With brisk attempt and putting on.
Honor is like a widow, won
With brisk attempt and putting on.
Honour is but an itch in youthful blood
Of doing acts extravagantly good.
Honour is but an itch in youthful blood
Of doing acts extravagantly good.
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.