Beach Quote by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return

— Nicholas Boileau

“Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never reenter it once we are on the outside.”

— Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

Independence, like honor, is a rocky island, without a beach.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside. [Fr., L'honneur est comme…

— Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be.

— Terry Goodkind

Honor is an old-world thing; but it smells sweet to those in whose hand it is strong.

— Ouida

Honor is the most capricious in her rewards. She feeds us with air, and often pulls down our house, to build our monument.

— Charles Caleb Colton

What is left when honor is lost?

— Publilius Syrus

Honor is what you know about yourself.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Honor the ocean of love.

— George de Benneville

Honor is but an empty bubble.

— John Dryden

Honor is our lives ambition.

— John Smith