“There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honor shattered at your feet while soaring public reputation wraps you in rewards. That's soul-destroying. The other way around is merely very, very irritating.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign

Source: Vorkosigan Saga, A Civil Campaign (1999)

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