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Man is too thoroughly an egoist not to be also an egotist; if he love, the object shall know it. During a lifetime he may conceal it through stress of expediency and honour, but it shall bubble from his dying lips, though it disrupt a neighbourhood. It is known, however, that most men do not wait so long to disclose their passion.
O. Henry
His honour rooted in dishonor stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
But the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honour feels.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
How friendly all men would be one with another, if no regard were paid to honour and money! I believe it would be a remedy for everything.
Teresa of Ávila
Beautiful and radiant May, Is not this thy festal day? Is not this spring revelry Held in honour, Queen, of thee?
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
What is the light of a poet's name, If it is not his country that hallows his fame? Where may he look for guerdon so fair As the honour and praise that await him there? His name will be lost and his grave forgot, If the tears of his country preserve them not!...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Great Heaven! what vain beliefs Have stirred the pulse and led the hopes of man! As if that honour could be bought by blood, And that the fierce right hand was better worth Than the fine mind, and high and generous heart!
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
They see the mortal maiden ride In honour by the chieftan's side, So beautiful, so free from sin, Worthy was she such boon to win : The spirit race that floated round Were not more pure, more stainless found.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
It is the saddest sight in the world. Sadder than destitution, sadder than the beggar is the man who eats alone in public. Nothing more contradicts the laws of man or beast, for animals always do each other the honour of sharing or disputing each other's food. He who eats alone is dead.
Jean Baudrillard
Marriage is a duel to the death which no man of honour should decline.
G. K. Chesterton
It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honour. . .
Samuel Johnson
One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system.
Nick Clegg
...there are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue, which men in general have for riches and honours. The actions personally advantageous for these virtuous men are so truly just, that they tend to promote the general welfare, or, at least, not to lessen it. But the number of these men is so small, that I only mention them in honour of humanity.
Claude Adrien Helvétius
The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization. Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honour, generosity and beauty.... Not the least of its virtues is that it destroys base people as certainly as it fortifies and dignifies noble people.
George Bernard Shaw
It seems to me that the system of purchasing temporary security by lasting sacrifices, and of placing the interests of Foreign Ministries above those of this country, is one that never can be worked out with advantage either to the honour of this country, or to that of the Administration which pursues such a course.
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
He loved his country and his country loved him. He lived for her honour, and she will cherish his memory.
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
I have been at my book, and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honour and reputation.
Ben Jonson
This is the greatest honour I have ever received in my life. Peace has always been my greatest concern.
Pablo Casals
Make three wishes and they shall all come true. Make three hundred and I will honour every one.
Jeanette Winterson
You like the party? Is it in honour of anything? My cat's birthday. Where's your cat? I don't know, he ran away.
Cassandra Clare
If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled.
Mary Astell
O evanescent temples built of man To deities he honoured and dethroned! Earth shoots a trail of her eternal vine To crown the head that men have ceased to honour.
Eleanor Farjeon
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