Quotes About Honor

The young gentleman is correct," he said. Halt raised an eyebrow. "He may be correct, and he is undoubtedly young. But he's no gentleman." ~Halt and General Sapristi speaking of Will

But then, in his lifetime, Halt had often ignored what was technically legal. Technicalities didn't appeal to him. All too often, they simply got in the way of doing the right thing.

I'll build mine tomorrow," Horace said through a mouthful of food. "This is excellent, Will! When I have grandchildren, I'll name them all after you!

Come closer, Kurokuma. It's quite safe.' Horace shuffled closer to the edge... 'Quite safe, my foot,' he muttered to himself. 'And what's this Kurokuma you keep calling me?' 'It's a term of great respect,' Shigeru told him. 'Great respect,' Shukin echoed.

There's nothing honerable in a man who hides behind a blue woman's hanky.

All we could get out of them was that they were taking us to 'Kurokuma'. We didn't know if that was a place or a person. What does it mean, by the way?' 'I'm told it's a term of great respect,' Horace said, unwilling to admit that he didn't know.

You should have left him to wander," Svengal said coldly. Erak looked at him, eyebrows raised. "Would you?" he asked, and Svengal hesitated. At the end, Toshak had fought well and that counted for a lot of Skandians. "No," he admitted.

I said you were Sir Horace of the Order of the Oakleaf," Halt told him, then added uncertainly, "At least, I think that's what I told him. I may have said you were of the Order of the Oak Pancake." Horace

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friend. It would be going too far to say that Erak was fond of the two youngsters. But they had won his respect. The Skandians were a warrior race who valued bravery and valour in battle above all else

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Jesper," Hal said, "find a food stall and get a pie or a sausage for Ulf. Buy it. Don't steal it," he added. Jesper looked offended, but said nothing. In fact, he had been planning to "liberate" a pie for Ulf and save some money. He didn't consider taking food to be stealing. Everybody did that, he thought. He just did it better than most.

Dat lijkt me nauwelijks een eerlijk gevecht,' zei de baron. Maddie deed expres alsof ze hem niet goed begreep. 'Ik weet het,' zei ze. 'Maar ik beloof hem niet heel erg pijn te doen.

Evanlyn was de bediende van mijn dochter. - Koning Duncan

Now see what you have done?" he said. "Not only have you shamed me in front of a guest, you have made that guest lie on your behalf.

I said you were Sir Horace of the Order of the Oakleaf," Halt told him, then added uncertainly, "At least, I think that's what I told him. I may have said you were of the Order of the Oak Pancake.

What I understand," he said, "is that there is very little about you that is excellent and that Aseikh is a term of honor. There's nothing honorable in a man who hides his face behind a blue woman's hanky.

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Furthermore, you are a trusted officer in the service of the King and so on and so on and hi diddle diddle dee dee . . ." He glanced up again. " These forms really carry on a bit, don't they?

De tol?' vroeg Arnaut. 'Ja, dat is een bijzondere vorm van struikroverij,' legde Halt uit.

Deeds, not words shall speak me.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

if you don't regard your word as a sacred covenant, then there is nothing in you I can honor ...

what is sacred is the other person -we forget that sometimes - and fail to honor who they are ...