| Author |
Quotes |
| Aristotle | Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. |
| Ben Johnson | Be not ashamed of thy virtues; honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times. |
| Ben Jonson | 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. |
| Bible | These were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of the times. |
| Claudian | 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. |
| Decimus Magnus Ausonius | When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness. |
| Decimus Magnus Ausonius | The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death. |
| H L Mencken | 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. |
| Jewish Proverb | Don't look for more honor than your learning merits. |
| John Ford | Titles of honour add not to his worth, Who is himself an honour of his titles. |
| John Gay | Give me, kind Heaven, a private station, A mind serene for contemplation: Title and profit I resign; The post of honor shall be mine. |
| Joseph Addison | The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in such as have been cultivated by good examples, or a refined education. |
| Joseph Addison | Better to die ten thousand deaths, Than wound my honour. |
| Joseph Addison | Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station. |
| Martha Graham | The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted. |
| Niccolo Machiavell | When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content. |
| Nicolas Boileau | Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return. |
| Nicolas Boileau Despreaux | Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside. |
| Pierre Corneille | Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it. |
| Samuel Butler | If he that in the field is slain Be in the bed of honour lain, He that is beaten may be said To lie in Honour's truckle-bed. |
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