Quotes with honour

  • The players often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.

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  • Baltasar Gracian A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Bernhard von Bulow For the sake of our interests, as well as of our honour and dignity, we were obliged to see that we won for our international policy the same independence that we had secured for our European policy.
    Bernhard von Bulow
    German diplomat and politician (1849 - 1929)
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  • David Gemmell I may be stupid, as you say, to believe in honour and friendship and loyalty without price. But these are virtues to be cherished, for without them we are no more than beasts roaming the land.
    Troy: Shield Of Thunder (1990) 371
    David Gemmell
    British author of heroic fantasy (1948 - 2006)
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  • Abdolkarim Soroush If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honour has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identity and this expression of an identity will take different shapes and forms.
    Abdolkarim Soroush
    Iranian Islamic thinker and reformer (1945 - )
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  • Bernard Mandeville If Courtezans and Strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much Rigour as some silly People would have it, what Locks or Bars would be sufficient to preserve the Honour of our Wives and Daughters?
    The Fable of the Bees Remark H, p. 95
    Bernard Mandeville
    British writer and artist (1670 - 1733)
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  • C. S. Lewis In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.
    The Abolition of Man (1943)
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Baruch Spinoza It is sure that those are most desirous of honour or glory who cry out loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the world.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • David Gemmell Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.
    Troy: Shield Of Thunder (1990) 193
    David Gemmell
    British author of heroic fantasy (1948 - 2006)
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  • Benedict Wong Ridley Scott is a cinematic master and a great man. It was a real honour working with him on 'Prometheus.'
    Benedict Wong
    English actor (1971 - )
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  • Ben Jonson The players often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.
    The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Winston Churchill Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
    Harrow School, 29-10-1941
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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