Quotes About Honor

At that moment she was worth all the prizes in the center of the hall, and more. She was worth our lives.

Él luchó para salvarte a ti ya tu preciada reputación

El luchó para salvarte a ti y a tu preciada reputación

Patroclus." Achilles did not slur my name, as people often did, running it together as if in a hurry to be rid of it. Instead, he rang each syllable: Pa-tro-clus.

King Agamemnon." Achilles stepped forward. His voice was easy, almost amused. "I don't think anyone has forgotten that you are leader of this host. But you do not seem to remember that we are kings in our own right, or princes, or heads of our families. We are allies, not slaves." A few men nodded; more would have liked to.

He is half of my soul, as the poets say. He will be dead soon, and his honor is all that will remain.

The Myrmidons, they had begun calling themselves, ant-men, an old nickname of honor. Another thing Achilles had had to explain to me: the legend of Zeus creating the first Phthians from ants.

?Tis not for gain, for fame, from fear That righteous men injustice shun, And virtuous men hold virtue dear: An inward voice they seem to hear, Which tells them duty must be done.

A bad man is as much pleased as a good man is distressed to speak ill of others.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

Nothing can be more hurtful to an honourable man than that he should be accused of bad faith

And so our rabbis decreed that a man should honor his wife more than himself, and love her as much as he loves himself.

We all make mistakes in our youth of which we are ashamed. The difference is that the rest of us can forgive the child we were and believe in the honour of the adult we have become. - Gwyddhien

You're my woman. It's my job and my honor to take care of you.

Jo ja havia comprès que sempre cal actuar a despit dels qui no s'ho mereixen, que cal sacrificar-se pels altres, àduch pels qui us trairan; que allò que compta és la propia noblesa, no la traïció dels altres.

Får jag påminna dig om att du inte ens kände honom för några dagar sedan? - Det är mitt blod som rinner i hans ådror, så om jag säger att han är genom hederlig ber jag dig att inte tvivla på det

But they were at least allowed to retain the fig leaf of royal status.

warfare was primarily an aristocratic pursuit.

Charles the Bald, however, insisted that his daughter should receive the full royal honours.

few may have served out of obligation, for land they had already been given,

It's nice to know that people appreciate and respect you.

Lying is essential to humanity. It plays as large a part perhaps as the quest for pleasure, and is moreover governed by that quest. One lies in order to protect one's pleasure, or one's honour if the disclosure of one's pleasure runs counter to one's honour. One lies all one's life long, even, especially, perhaps only, to those who love one. For they alone make us fear for our pleasure and desire their esteem.

Most men admire Virtue who follow not her lore.

The wife, where danger or dishonor lurks, safest and seemliest by her husband stays, who guards her, or with her the worst endures.