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Quotes About Dishonorable

There would always be dishonorable things done to preserve the honor of any power.
~ Robin Hobb, Fool's Quest
An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life. [Lat., Honesta mors turpi vita potior.]
~ Tacitus
There would always be dishonorable things done to preserve the honor of any power.
~ Robin Hobb
I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that I would, of course, still be closeted but that I would work very hard for gay rights. It would be totally dishonorable, being gay, not to do that. So I had that as kind of a secondary agenda.
~ Barney Frank
I've met some great people that deal with me in the press. I've also met some people that were very dishonorable, frankly.
~ Donald Trump
The aftermath is often more troublesome than the act itself. As soon as the head has been exhibited to the crowd, it can be dropped back into the basket. But the headless body (which remains capable of losing a good deal of blood for a long time after the action of the heart has ceased) must be taken away in a manner dignified yet dishonorable. Furthermore, it must be not just taken "away," but taken to some specific spot where it will be safe from molestation.
~ Gene Wolfe
And here is a prejudice of mine, confirmed by my lights through many years of observation. Sinners are not all dishonorable people, not by any means. But those who are dishonorable never really repent and never really reform.
~ Marilynne Robinson
Honor is honor, whether one bargains with the honorable or the dishonorable.
~ Barbara Hambly
The warlike days are over. Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonorable peace; and the glories of the great races are as a tale that is told.
~ Bram Stoker
I am no friend of the modern so-called 'black metal' culture. It is a tasteless, lowbrow parody of Norwegian black metal circa 1991-92, and if it was up to me, it would meet its dishonorable end as soon as possible.
~ Varg Vikernes
Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonourable peace;
~ Bram Stoker
Assassins did have a certain code, after all. It was dishonorable to kill someone if you weren't being paid.
~ Terry Pratchett
After the situation with Kursk submarine, I started looking at Mr. Berezovsky in a completely different way. For me, it was a turning point in our relationship. I think that he took a completely dishonorable position.
~ Roman Abramovich
War crushes with bloody heel all justice, all happiness, all that is Godlike in man. In our age there can be no peace that is not honorable; there can be no war that is not dishonorable.
~ Charles Sumner
Worry that is either untrusting or distracting is very dishonorable to God. It
~ Thomas Watson
today when I think of the treacherous cunning of many men who wear crowns—creatures like the king of Assyria—I can only think of how dishonorable it would be to let them remain in power." I
~ Xenophon
Consider, too, how great is the encouragement which all the world gives to the lover; neither is he supposed to be doing anything dishonourable; but if he succeeds he is praised, and if he fail he is blamed.
~ Plato
You are consistently dishonorable and therefore immensely trustworthy. You always eschew principle and reward venality.
~ Paul Levine