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Woe to him whose good name is more to him than goodness!
Herman Melville1819–1891Moby-Dick (1851), Chapter IXIn context
- Virtue
You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honour.
Miyamoto Musashi1584–1645Dokkodo (1645)
And it’s not for the sake of a ribboned coat,
Or the selfish hope of a season’s fame,
But his Captain’s hand on his shoulder smote⁠—
“Play up! play up! and play the game!”
Henry Newbolt1862–1938Vitaï Lampada (1897)In context
- Sports
“Play up! play up! and play the game!”
Henry Newbolt1862–1938Vitaï Lampada (1897)In context
- Sports
The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.
Richard Nixon1913–1994First Inaugural Address (1969)
- War & Peace
Unblemish’d let me live, or die unknown;
O grant an honest fame, or grant me none!
Alexander Pope1688–1744The Temple of Fame (1711), Closing line
- Fame
Honor is self-esteem made visible in action.
Ayn Rand1905–1982The Ayn Rand Letter (1971–1976)
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)
You strip from me the laurel and the rose!
Take all! Despite you there is yet one thing
I hold against you all, and when, to-night,
I enter Christ’s fair courts, and, lowly bowed,
Sweep with doffed casque the heavens’ threshold blue,
One thing is left, that, void of stain or smutch,
I bear away despite you.
Edmond Rostand1868–1918Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), Act V: Cyrano’s Gazette, Scene VI, spoken by CyranoIn context
- Pride
Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.
Arthur Schopenhauer1788–1860Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life, Vol. 1. Ch. 4: Position, or a Man’s Place in the Estimation of Others, §4-Honor
- Fame
Chivalry!⁠—why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection⁠—the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant⁠—Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.
Walter Scott1771–1832Ivanhoe (1819), Chapter XXIXIn context
- Liberty
Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.
Robert W. Service1874–1958The Cremation of Sam McGee (1907)In context
- Responsibility
If I lose mine honour, I lose myself.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Antony and Cleopatra (1600s), Act III, scene 4, line 22.In context
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