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Honor Quote by Aristotle

“For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.” quote by Aristotle — Download Open image

“For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.”

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The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only one of these is present, we say that the thing is alive, if, for instance, there is intellect or perception or spatial movement and rest or indeed movement connected with nourishment and growth and decay. It…

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Women still, when they have breast cancer, go to work; they still lead their lives. They have to. I just did what I was supposed to do. I didn't want to exploit it or be too "actory" about it, if that makes any sense. That's also why I didn't shave my head; I feel like you have to earn that.…

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This is what I say about the scorn of the media elite: I wear their scorn as a badge of honor.

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Just being in a video game is an honor, and being on the cover, I can't really describe it.

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Spade! Thou art a tool of honor in my hands. I press thee, through a yielding soil, with pride.

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Making money doesn't oblige people to forfeit their honor or their conscience.

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“He put his forehead against hers. “Alannah, my heart is yours.” He said softly. “And yet, I must hand it over to someone else…

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Use every man according to his desert and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity, the less they deserve…

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