“Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.”
Joseph Addison, (1672–1719), English essayist, poet, & politician
“Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.”
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, (1636–1711), French poet & critic
“All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.”
Andrew Carnegie, (1835–1919), Scottish-born American businessman, & philanthropist
“Ability without honor is useless.”
Marcus T. Cicero, (106 BC–43 BC), Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, & political theorist
“Honor is the reward of virtue.”
Marcus T. Cicero, (106 BC–43 BC), Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, & political theorist
“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”
Calvin Coolidge, (1872–1933), 30th President of the US
“Honor is the moral conscience of the great.”
William D’Avenan, (1606–1668), English poet & playwright
“Honor is simply the morality of superior men.”
H.L. Mencken, (1880–1956), American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, & satirist
“The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.”
H.L. Mencken, (1880–1956), American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, & satirist
“National honor is national property of the highest value.”
James Monroe, (1758–1831), 5th President of the US
“Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.”
Pliny The Elder, (23–79), ancient author, naturalist, & military commander
“Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.”
William Shakespeare, (1564–1616), English poet & playwright
“My honor is my life; both grow in one; / Take honor from me, and my life is done.”
William Shakespeare, (1564–1616), English poet & playwright
“I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.”
Sophocles, (496 BC–406 BC), Greek playwright
“He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.”
Publilius Syrus, Latin writer of mimes, flourished in the 1st century BC
“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.”
Mark Twain, (1835–1910), American author & humorist