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Honor Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the…
- YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a…
- Feast, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness, frequently in honor of some holy person distinguished for abstemiousness.
- Honorable, adj.: Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable; as, "the honorable gentleman…
- OVATION, n. n ancient Rome, a definite, formal pageant in honor of one who had been disserviceable to the enemies of the nation. A lesser…
- DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number --just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.…
- BAAL, n. An old deity formerly much worshiped under various names. As Baal he was popular with the Phoenicians; as Belus or Bel he had…
- LEONINE, adj. Unlike a menagerie lion. Leonine verses are those in which a word in the middle of a line rhymes with a word at…
- YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a…
More Honor Quotes
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- People still question my sobriety, my commitment to the program, and that hurts. I take things day by day, and sometimes I… — Tom Arnold
- We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve… — Mary Kay Ash
- The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling? — Saint Augustine
- A man should be upright, not be kept upright. — Marcus Aurelius
- It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take… — Emilie Autumn
- Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. — Johann Sebastian Bach
- Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular… — Anna Letitia Barbauld
- It was dripping and, you know, and there was a whole line of cameras and microphones. I felt like - you remember… — Jim Bakker
- To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. — Douglas Adams