Honor Quote by Voltaire Download Open image “A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.” — Voltaire ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Honor May Virtue
“a raped girl is bad for the family: it shows that they can’t protect their women; that they have little social standing; and that… — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
“Sex taken violently under threat is an emotional train wreck that derails not only the law but, more importantly, the sanctity of the soul.… — Howard Swindle Copy Share Image
A woman can defend her virtue from men much more easily than she can protect her reputation from women. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
“Rape is so particularly traumatic and so meaningful in so many ways, that there’s something about using the word in other contexts that diminishes… — Sandra Brindley Copy Share Image
Woman was and is condemned to a system under which the lawful rapes exceed the unlawful ones a million to one. — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
This is woman's great benevolence, that she will become a martyr for beauty, so that the world may have pleasure. — Robert Wilson Lynd Copy Share Image
Honour is Virtue's allowed ascent: honour that clasps All perfect justice in her arms; that craves No more respect than that she gives; that… — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
“For women not to fear rape because we can successfully defend ourselves against it is not anachronistic but revolutionary. For women to be considered… — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
Women do not get raped because they weren’t careful enough. Women get raped because someone raped them. — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
A true woman of virtue is one who will socialize with every man on earth, and doesn't share her body with any of them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience. — Ninon de L'Enclos Copy Share Image
“Not being assaulted is not a privilege to be earned through the judicious application of personal safety strategies. A woman should be able to… — Emily Nagoski Copy Share Image
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Meslier was the most singular phenomenon ever seen among all the meteors fatal to the Christian religion. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them — Voltaire Copy Share Image
When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not? — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
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.… — Monica Potter Copy Share
If you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor than you could… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
From the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge, to the mountains of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq, our soldiers have courageously answered when… — Solomon Ortiz Copy Share Image
It is sure that those are most desirous of honour or glory who cry out loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
This is what I say about the scorn of the media elite: I wear their scorn as a badge of honor. — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
Just being in a video game is an honor, and being on the cover, I can't really describe it. — Aaron Judge Copy Share Image
Spade! Thou art a tool of honor in my hands. I press thee, through a yielding soil, with pride. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Although I write in English, and despite the fact that I'm from America, I consider myself an Armenian writer. The words I use are… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
Making money doesn't oblige people to forfeit their honor or their conscience. — Guy de Rothschild Copy Share Image
The dog is guided by kindly instinct to the man or woman whose heart is open to his advances. The cat often leaves the… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
“He put his forehead against hers. “Alannah, my heart is yours.” He said softly. “And yet, I must hand it over to someone else… — B.C. Morin Copy Share Image
Use every man according to his desert and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity, the less they deserve… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
