“It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.”
Source: Oresteia (458 BC), Agamemnon, lines 832–833
“There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones.”
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1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
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Jack Donovan (1974) American activist, editor and writer
Pg 57
The Way of Men (2012)
Context: Honor is a man's reputation for strength, courage and mastery within the context of an honor group comprised primarily of other men. Stated as a masculine virtue: Honor is concern for one's reputation for strength, courage and mastery within the context of an honor group comprised primarily of other men.
“Our own heart, and not other men's opinions, forms our true honor.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher
“Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror.”
Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher
Tout homme sensé, tout homme de bien, doit avoir la secte chrétienne en horreur. <br class="br"> Examen important de milord Bolingbroke http://www.worldcat.org/title/examen-important-de-milord-bolingbroke-ecrit-sur-la-fin-de-1736-accompagne-des-notes-de-mr-m-editeur-de-ses-ouvrages/oclc/11007337 (1736): Conclusion <br class="br">Citas
Henry Clay (1777–1852) American politician from Kentucky
Reported in The Clay Code, or Text-Book of Eloquence, a Collection of Axioms, Apothegms, Sentiments … Gathered from the Public Speeches of Henry Clay, ed. G. Vandenhoff (1844), p. 93.
“As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor.”
Hosea Ballou (1771–1852) American Universalist minister (1771–1852)
Manuscript, Sermons; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 828.
“… honoring one’s created nature”
Parker Palmer (1939) American theologian
Source: Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation (1999), p. 51
“Every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.”
George Washington (1732–1799) first President of the United States
Letter to Benedict Arnold (14 September 1775)
1770s
“It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country.”
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
Book III, ode ii, line 13
Odes (c. 23 BC and 13 BC)
