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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway,
The post of honor is a private station.
Joseph Addison1672–1719Cato, A Tragedy (1713), Act IV, scene iv
- Virtue
Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor.
Ernest Hemingway1899–1961Death in the Afternoon (1932), Ch. 9
- Art
Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address (1933)
A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963Remarks at Amherst College (26 October 1963)
No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.
Abraham Lincoln1809–1865Lincoln’s Second Annual Message to Congress (1862)
- History
The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.
Richard Nixon1913–1994First Inaugural Address (1969)
- War & Peace
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
PSPublilius Syrus101–101 BCSentences, Maxim 108
- Money
You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honour.
Miyamoto Musashi1584–1645Dokkodo (1645)
A man is honorable in proportion to the personal risks he takes for his opinion.
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 147
- Risk
There must be a certain amount of decorum in the world, just as there must be a certain amount of light.
José Martí1853–1895Martí: Thoughts/Pensamientos (1994)
Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.
Charles de Gaulle1890–1970Speech, July 14 1943.
- Courage
Woe to him whose good name is more to him than goodness!
Herman Melville1819–1891Moby-Dick (1851), Chapter IXIn context
- Virtue
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Othello (c. 1604), Act II, Scene III, spoken by IagoIn context
Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls.
Who steals my purse steals trash. ’Tis something, nothing;
’Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands.
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Othello (c. 1604), Act III, Scene III, spoken by IagoIn context
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Henry V (1599), Act IV, Scene III, spoken by King HenryIn context