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John Greenleaf Whittier1807–1892

John Greenleaf Whittier on honor

When faith is lost, when honor dies
The man is dead!

John Greenleaf Whittier

Ichabod, reported in Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

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God’s colors all are fast.
- God
Life is ever lord of Death
And Love can never lose its own.
Snow Bound, reported in Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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The windows of my soul I throw
Wide open to the sun.
My Psalm, reported in Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

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It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
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The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882The Conduct of Life (1860), Worship
If I lose mine honour, I lose myself.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Antony and Cleopatra (1600s), Act III, scene 4, line 22.In context

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