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Honour Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to…
- Stand Firm for your country, and become a man Honour'd and lov'd: It were a noble life, To be found dead, embracing her.
- Nothing is difficult, when gain and honour unite their influence.
- The mischief of flattery is, not that it persuades any man that he is what he is not, but that it suppresses the influence of…
- To scatter praise or blame without regard to justice is to destroy the distinction of good and evil. Many have no other test of actions…
- Persius has justly observed, that knowledge is nothing to him who is not known by others to possess it: to the scholar himself it is…
- To mean understandings, it is sufficient honour to be numbered amongst the lowest labourers of learning; but different abilities must find different tasks. To hew…
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- A broadsheet obituarist once pointed out to me that veteran soldiers die by rank. First to go are the generals, admirals and… — A. A. Gill
- How friendly all men would be one with another, if no regard were paid to honour and money! I believe it would… — Teresa of Avila
- To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you,… — George W. Bush
- There are people who have never been taught anything, and know everything, have never been anywhere, and understand everything, have never given… — Sholom Aleichem
- People of superior refinement and of active disposition identify happiness with honour; for this is roughly speaking, the end of political life. — Aristotle
- Sweet love! Sweet lines! Sweet life! Here is her hand, the agent of her heart; Here is her oath for love, her… — William Shakespeare
- Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay; My major vow lies here, this I'll obey. — William Shakespeare
- I suppose, because I am a sportsman and travel all over Australia, I see every day Australians doing small and large and… — Steve Waugh