Quotes about honor and dishonor. Clever aphorisms about conscience, quotes about honor and unchanging dignity

Dignity is precisely what elevates a person most, what gives his activities, all his aspirations the highest nobility...
What the average person wants is to live and reproduce...an animal also wants...The feeling of one’s human dignity, freedom, only needs to be awakened in the hearts of these people. Only this feeling, which, together with the Greeks, left the world, and under Christianity dissolved in the deceptive haze of the kingdom of heaven, can again make society a union of people united in the name of their highest goals...
K. MARKS

Self-contempt is a snake that eternally poisons and gnaws at the heart, sucks out its life-giving blood, and pours into it the poison of misanthropy and despair.
K. MARKS

Each social group has... its own code of honor...
F. ENGELS

Dignity expresses the spirit's resistance to instinct.
F. SCHILLER

One of the highest principles of true morality is respect for the human dignity in every person, without distinction of person, first of all for the fact that he is a man, and then for his personal merits.
V. G. BELINSKY

The strong are not the best, but the honest ones. Honor and self-esteem are the strongest.
F. M. DOSTOEVSKY

The worth and dignity of a man lies in his heart and in his will; it is here that the basis of his true honor lies.
M. MONTAGNE

It’s not a pity that a person was born or died, that he lost his money, house, estate - all this does not belong to a person. It’s a pity when a person loses his true property - his human dignity.
EPICTETUS (L. N. TOLSTOY)

...The most complete and concentrated expression of a person’s upbringing and moral culture is to measure with the same measure and equally value both one’s own and others’ dignity...
F. BACON

There is no dignity in the absence of clear and precise concepts of the common good.
D. DIDRO

Self-esteem is developed only by the position of an independent owner...
Y. L CHERNYSHEVSKY

Without a clearly expressed personal embodiment in work, without the materialization of the spiritual world of the individual in work, there is no sense of personal honor and dignity.
V. A. SUKHOMLINSKY

…Nothing can be more praiseworthy than the consciousness of our own dignity in those cases where we actually possess valuable qualities.
D. YUM

Does not an honest man in a great misfortune, which he might have avoided if only he could have neglected his duty, be supported by the consciousness that in his person he has preserved the dignity of humanity and done him honor and that he has no reason to be ashamed of himself and to fear the inner gaze self-examination?
I. KANT

The feeling of our dignity and our strength grows when we tell ourselves: my existence is not vain and not aimless, I am a necessary link in the great chain that stretches from the development of the first man’s consciousness of his existence into eternity.
I. FICHETE

Anyone who does not understand his purpose most often lacks self-esteem.
F. M. DOSTOEVSKY

Immense pride and conceit is not a sign of self-esteem.
F. M. DOSTOEVSKY

A proud person respects not himself, but the opinion that people form about him; a person with a consciousness of his dignity respects only himself and despises human opinion.
L. N. TOLSTOY

...The true greatness of the soul, which gives a person the right to respect himself, lies most of all in his consciousness that there is nothing else that would belong to him by greater right than the control of his own desires.
Those who have... consciousness and self-esteem... They... are not afraid that others are smarter than them, more educated or more beautiful... Likewise, they do not consider themselves significantly superior to those whom they in turn are superior, because all this seems to them to have very little values in comparison with the good will for which they only respect themselves and which they assume in every person.
R. DESCARTES

I have nothing against being inferior to people more worthy than me.
V. LIEBKNECHT

...No one knows how to correctly distinguish between virtue and vice in himself, or to be sure that his assessment of his own dignity is fully justified... If it were generally permissible to be mistaken... then it would be more profitable for us to overestimate our own dignity rather than to form more ideas about it lower than it should be.
D. YUM

It is a big mistake to dream of yourself more than you should, and to value yourself lower than you are worth.
I. GOETHE

The same number of vices come from a lack of self-respect as from excessive self-respect.
M. MONTAGNE

There are vices that come from a lack of self-esteem. There are also those that come from an excess of it.
CH. MONTESQUIE

If you don't respect yourself, others won't respect you.
Japanese proverb

Respect yourself if you want others to respect you.
English proverb

Doubting one's worth is cowardly self-abasement.
V. SHAKESPEARE

…Humiliation is, in fact, nothing more than a comparison of one’s personal dignity with moral perfection.
I. KANT

Humility often turns out to be feigned submission, the purpose of which is to subjugate others; this is a trick of pride, humiliating itself in order to rise...
F. LAROCHEFOUCAULT

He who humiliates himself wants to rise.
F. NIETZSCHE

We despise so many things in life so as not to be filled with contempt for ourselves.
L. VOVENARG

The sense of humanity is insulted when people do not respect the human dignity of others, and is even more insulted and suffers when a person does not respect his own dignity.
V. G. BELINSKY

...Genuine, sincere pride, or self-respect, if only it is well hidden and at the same time truly justified, must certainly be characteristic of a person of honor...
D. YUM

Honor is the same for women and men, girls, married women, old men and women: “don’t cheat,” “don’t steal,” “don’t get drunk”; Only from such rules, applicable to all people, is a code of “honor” formed in the true sense of the word.
N. G. CHERNYSHEVSKY

…For whom even honor is a trifle, for him everything else is [insignificant].
ARISTOTLE

...Honor is the reward given for virtue...
ARISTOTLE

The honor of a person lies in the fact that, in relation to the satisfaction of his needs, he depends only on his hard work, on his behavior and on his mind.
HEGEL

One of the main definitions of the principle of honor is that no one should, through his actions, give anyone an advantage over himself.
HEGEL

Honor is courageous modesty.
A. VIGNY

Honor is the poetry of duty.
A. VIGNY

Honor is external conscience, and conscience is internal honor.
A. SCHOPENGAUER

Honor is conscience, but conscience is painfully sensitive. This is respect for oneself and for the dignity of one's own life, brought to the extreme degree of purity and to the greatest passion.
A. VIGNY

Honor is nothing more than a good opinion about. us other people.
B. MANDEVILLE

Objectively, honor is the opinion of others about our value, and subjectively, it is our fear of this opinion.
A. SCHOPENGAUER

The opposite of honor is dishonor, or shame, which consists of the bad opinion and contempt of others.
B. MANDEVILLE

Honor disappears - the formula of honor remains, which is tantamount to the death of honor.
F. M. DOSTOEVSKY

Our honor is to follow the best and improve the worst, if it can still become more perfect.
PLATO

The better a person is, the more difficult it is for him to suspect others of dishonor.
CICERO

I can easily bear misfortune without injustice;
I will endure injustice, but not dishonor.
CAECILIUS STATUS

An honest man can be persecuted, but not dishonored.
VOLTER

You cannot dishonor someone who is not afraid of death.
J. J. RUSSO

Funny things do more damage to honor than dishonor itself.
F. LAROCHEFOUCAULT

In whom is the honor, that is the truth.
Russian proverb

The mind gives birth to honor.
Russian proverb

You won't get rich by trading your honor.
L. VOVENARG

He who demands payment for his honesty most often sells his honor.
L. VOVENARG

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I agree to endure any misfortune, But I will not agree for my honor to suffer. Corneille Pierre
You can't get honor without hard work. Proverb
The honor of a person lies in the fact that, in relation to the satisfaction of his needs, he depends only on his hard work, on his behavior and on his mind. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Men have one honor, so many lovers! Love is easy to forget, but honor cannot be forgotten. Corneille Pierre
There is no more merciless inquisitor than conscience. A. I. Herzen
The one who betrayed love and who left the battle carries with him equal dishonor. Corneille Pierre
Honor is like a precious stone: the slightest spot takes away its shine and robs it of all its value. Pierre Beauchaine
The closest thing to greatness is conscience. V. Hugo
Honor cannot be taken away, it can be lost. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
In matters of honor, language is unsuitable for Astrology. Lope de Vega
The honor of a man is so different from the honor of women that the latter views the former as its enemy. Edmond Pierre Beauchaine
Water will wash away everything, only dishonor cannot wash away. Proverb
Honor is nothing more than a good opinion of other people about us. Bernard Mandeville
Anything that appeases a guilty conscience harms society. P. Buast
The honor is the same for everyone. Laberius
Everyone is honest by their merits. Proverb
Honor is conscience, but conscience is painfully sensitive. This is respect for oneself and for the dignity of one's own life, brought to the extreme degree of purity and to the greatest passion. Alfred Victor de Vigny
Every courageous, every truthful person brings honor to his homeland. Rolland R.
Honor is the poetry of duty.
You never knew what honor was because you did not know what dishonor was.
Honor is courageous modesty. Alfred de Vigny
Where can you find someone who would put the honor of a friend above his own? Cicero Marcus Tullius
Honor is external conscience, and conscience is internal honor. Arthur Schopenhauer
Must keep the secrets of your friends. He who does not keep a secret dishonors his conscience and disgraces his trust in himself. John Chrysostom
Honor is the diamond on the hand of virtue. Voltaire
If a person loses the love of honesty, he will quickly become involved in so many bad actions that he will acquire the habit of dishonest rules of life. Nikolai Chernyshevsky
Honor is true beauty! Rolland Romain
Live by your wits, and grow your honor through hard work. Proverb
An honest man can be persecuted, but not dishonored. Voltaire
Being liked by noble people is not the last honor. Horace. Quintus Horace Flaccus
If you want to be happy all your life, be an honest person. Thomas Fuller
True honor cannot tolerate untruth. Henry Fielding
Without the wealth of centuries, you will stagnate in place, But it’s worse if you have it - and there is no honor! Pierre de Ronsard
To each, posterity gives its honor. Tacitus Publius Cornelius
Those who are considered omniscient are indecisive at the moment when it is necessary to command and obstinate when it is necessary to obey. They are ashamed to give orders, and dishonorable to receive them. Marquis de Sade
He who is not ready to die for his own honor gains dishonor. Blaise Pascal
It’s worse to change honor than to be in torn rags! Robert Berne
He who has lost his good name is dead to the world. Proverb
Death is better than dishonor. Proverb
Love virtue without seeking its splendor; honor is in the heart. Voltaire
Freedom, kingdom, and happiness were found by the One who chose during his lifetime the aura of High honor and immortal glory. Lope de Bega
We have no right to live when honor is lost. Corneille Pierre
The opposite of honor is dishonor, or shame, which consists of the bad opinion and contempt of others. Bernard Mandeville
It is not correcting a mistake, but persisting in it that brings down the honor of any person or organization of people. Franklin B.
Shameful things are never useful. Marcus Tullius Cicero
The strong are not the best, but the honest ones. Honor and self-esteem are the strongest. Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Shame is longer than life. Arabic proverb
Unbecoming honor is worse than insult.
Take away my honor and my life will end. Shakespeare W.
There are no despised crafts, there are only despicable people who practice them dishonestly. Pierre Buast
One of the basic definitions of honor is that no one should, through his actions, give anyone an advantage over himself. Hegel G.F.
Objectively, honor is the opinion of others about our value, and subjectively, our fear of this opinion. Arthur Schopenhauer
It is equally dangerous to give a sword to a madman and to a dishonest person to give power. Pythagoras
One of the main definitions of the principle of honor is that no one should, through his actions, give anyone an advantage over himself. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Gain honor neither by vanity, nor by the beauty of clothes or horses, nor by adornment, but by courage and wisdom. Theophrastus Theophrastus
Take away my good name and take away my life. Proverb
Misfortune dishonors only those who deserve it. Phaedrus
Before reason, before God, a person’s “honor” is measured by a different standard than in the Roman forum. Feuchtwanger L.
You cannot dishonor someone who is not afraid of death. Jean Jacques Rousseau
Shame and dishonor are only what comes out? Oh no! Secret dishonor, which in silence gnaws at a person’s soul and makes him not respect himself, is much more terrible! Thomas Mann
Never leave the path of duty and honor - this is the only thing from which we find happiness. Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon
I prefer death to dishonor.
True honor is the decision to do, in all circumstances, what is useful to the most people. Benjamin Franklin
The wounds of conscience never heal. Publilius Syrus
My honor is my life; both grow from the same root. Shakespeare W.
The word of honor must be firm.
To deprive another of his honor is to deprive him of his own. Publilius Syrus
Funny things do more damage to honor than dishonor itself. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Whoever loses honor cannot lose anything beyond that. Publilius Syrus
Shame and honor are like a dress: the more shabby they are, the more careless you treat them. Apuleius
He who has a bad reputation is half hanged.
He who mixes precious stones and pearls with tin dishonors himself more than the pearls. John of Damascus
Honor disappears - the formula of honor remains, which is tantamount to the death of honor. Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Respect yourself if you want others to respect you. Japanese proverb
Others exchange honor for honor. Ahphonse Carr
A person must respect himself and consider himself worthy of the highest. Hegel
Always prefer a short but honest life to a long but shameful life. Epictetus
Honesty dies when it sells. George Sand
A woman knows little about honor. Let it be her honor to always love more than she is loved, and never be second in love. Nietzsche F.
Honor is the same for women and men, girls, married women, old men and women: “don’t cheat,” “don’t steal,” “don’t get drunk”; Only from such rules, applicable to all people, is a code of “honor” formed in the true sense of the word. Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky
If a person is dishonest, then he is dishonest to the end. Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, “The Second Invasion of the Martians”
Honor is the diamond on the hand of virtue. Voltaire
For whom even honor is a trifle, for that everything else is. Aristotle
Honor is the dignity of a morally living person.
I will endure injustice, but not dishonor. Caecilius
Honor is the reward given for virtue. Aristotle
Everyone has their own honor. Proverb
Honor is the poetry of duty. Alfred Victor de Vigny
Any poorly executed work is the same lie. He is dishonest. Samuel Smiles
A girl’s honor is all her wealth, it is more valuable than any inheritance. Shakespeare W.
Everyone is dishonored by his deeds. Proverb
Honor is more valuable than life. Johann Friedrich Schiller
Now, if a stone falls on your head, this is a real disaster, and shame, dishonor, blasphemy and bad rumors only cause trouble to the extent that we notice them. Erasmus of Rotterdam, "In Praise of Folly"
Honor and self-esteem are the strongest. F. M. Dostoevsky
In whom is the honor, that is the truth. Proverb
Our honor is to follow the best and improve the worst, if it can still become more perfect. Plato
In matters of conscience, the law of the majority does not apply. M. Gandhi
Honor from the dishonest is also dishonor. Publius Syrus
Fear dishonor more than a bullet. Proverb
Honor does not come with a uniform. Honor is a moral filling. B.L. Vasiliev
A dishonest person is ready for a dishonest deed. Proverb
The mind gives birth to honor. Proverb
Take care of your dress again, and honor from a young age Proverb
A man's honor is not in the power of another Rousseau Jean Jacques
Without virtue there is neither glory nor honor. A. V. Suvorov

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Clever aphorisms about conscience, quotes about honor and unchanging dignity

Human, who from the very beginning behaves with dignity, is free from remorse.

Abul Faraj

Dullness conscience is learned from the inability to be indignant against actions that harm humanity.

A. Amiel

Shame and honor is like a dress: the more shabby they are, the more careless you treat them.

Apuleius

Our conscience is an infallible judge until we kill it.

O. Balzac

Nice follow the dictates of conscience.

O. Balzac

Honor is the cornerstone of human wisdom,

V. G. Belinsky

Where Is the true greatness of a person known if not in those cases in which he decides it is better to suffer forever than to do something contrary to his conscience?

V. G. Belinsky

Human conscience encourages a person to seek the best and sometimes helps him to abandon the old, cozy, sweet, but dying and decaying - in favor of the new, at first uncomfortable and unlovable, but promising fresh life.

P. Buast

All, what soothes a guilty conscience harms society.

Buast

Remorse conscience is the echo of lost virtue.

E. Bulwer-Lytton

Eat something as beautiful as a great man is a man of honor.

A. Vigny

Honor- this is courageous modesty.

A. Vigny

That, whoever demands payment for his honesty most often sells his honor.

L. Vauvenargues

Bargain does not enrich with honor.

L. Vauvenargues

Honor is a diamond on the hand of virtue.

F. Voltaire

Honor is the desire to gain honor; to observe your honor means not to do anything that would be unworthy of honor.

F. Voltaire

People never feel remorse from the post of icons, which have become their custom.

F. Voltaire

Remorse is the only virtue remaining to criminals.

F-Voltaire

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority does not apply.

M. Gandhi

Shyness indicates the inner limit of human sin; when a person blushes, his nobler self begins to appear.

For whom even honor is a trifle, for him everything else is [insignificant].
Aristotle

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The strong are not the best, but the honest ones. Honor and self-esteem are the strongest.

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Honor cannot be taken away, it can be lost.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

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Honor is the diamond on the hand of virtue.
Voltaire

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Honor is more valuable than life.
Johann Friedrich Schiller

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The honor is the same for everyone.
Laberius

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Without the wealth of centuries, you will stagnate in place, But it’s worse if you have it - and there is no honor!
Pierre de Ronsard

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I agree to endure any misfortune, But I will not agree for my honor to suffer.
Pierre Corneille

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Shameful things are never useful.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Shame and honor are like a dress: the more shabby they are, the more careless you treat them.
Apuleius

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Objectively, honor is the opinion of others about our value, and subjectively, it is our fear of this opinion.
Arthur Schopenhauer

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Honor is courageous modesty.
Alfred de Vigny

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The honor of a person lies in the fact that, in relation to the satisfaction of his needs, he depends only on his hard work, on his behavior and on his mind.

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Whoever loses honor cannot lose anything beyond that.
Publilius Syrus

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Honor is external conscience, and conscience is internal honor.
Arthur Schopenhauer

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One of the main definitions of the principle of honor is that no one should, through his actions, give anyone an advantage over himself.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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True honor is the decision to do, in all circumstances, what is useful to the most people.
Benjamin Franklin

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Honor is true beauty!
Romain Rolland

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You cannot dishonor someone who is not afraid of death.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

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We have no right to live when honor is lost.
Pierre Corneille

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The word of honor must be firm.

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Others exchange honor for honor.
Ahphonse Carr

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In matters of honor, language is unsuitable for Astrology.
Lope de Bega

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Our honor is to follow the best and improve the worst, if it can still become more perfect.
Plato

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True honor cannot tolerate untruth.
Henry Fielding

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Funny things do more damage to honor than dishonor itself.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Honor is nothing more than a good opinion of other people about us.
Bernard Mandeville

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He who mixes precious stones and pearls with tin dishonors himself more than the pearls.
John of Damascus

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Unbecoming honor is worse than insult.
Visakhadatta

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Gain honor neither by vanity, nor by the beauty of clothes or horses, nor by adornment, but by courage and wisdom.
Theophrastus

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To deprive another of his honor is to deprive him of his own.
Publilius Syrus

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Where can you find someone who would put the honor of a friend above his own?
Cicero

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Honor is the reward given for virtue.
Aristotle

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I prefer death to dishonor.

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Honor is the same for women and men, girls, married women, old men and women: “don’t deceive”, “don’t steal”, “don’t get drunk”, only from such rules that apply to all people is a code of “honor” made up in the true sense of the word.
Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky

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It’s worse to change honor than to be in torn rags!
Robert Berne

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Honor disappears - the formula of honor remains, which is tantamount to the death of honor.
Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

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Honor is conscience, but conscience is painfully sensitive. This is respect for oneself and for the dignity of one's own life, brought to the extreme degree of purity and to the greatest passion.
Alfred Victor de Vigny

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Objectively, honor is the opinion of others about our dignity, and subjectively it is our fear of this opinion.
Arthur Schopenhauer

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Being liked by noble people is not the last honor.
Horace

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The honor of a man is so different from the honor of women that the latter views the former as its enemy.
Edmond Pierre Beauchaine

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Freedom, kingdom, and happiness were found by the One who chose during his lifetime the aura of High honor and immortal glory.
Lope de Bega

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To each, posterity gives its honor.
Tacitus

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The opposite of honor is dishonor, or shame, which consists of the bad opinion and contempt of others.
Bernard Mandeville

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Men have one honor, so many lovers! Love is easy to forget, but honor cannot be forgotten.
Pierre Corneille

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While we are burning with freedom, While our hearts are alive for honor, My friend, let us dedicate our Souls to beautiful impulses to the fatherland!
Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin

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Honor is the poetry of duty.
Alfred Victor de Vigny

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Honor is like a precious stone: the slightest spot takes away its shine and robs it of all its value.
Pierre Edmond Beauchaine

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All the thieves and murderers of the world together talk about conscience and honor: They, they say, do not give them peace, But if you turn away, they will rob and kill! Tell me, what is honor and what can you eat it with today? Or maybe they will forgive me, an ignoramus, They wear it on the body like clothing? Tell me, since it’s not a secret, What, honor has taste, volume and color? Or maybe someone knows its value? Then welcome to the stage! I directly declare in front of the people, That there is no honor - or rather, it is not in fashion, And now we need this chimera, Like Zeiss binoculars for Homer!
Leonid Filatov

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Honor is something that is in short supply these days...

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Do not love villainy, flattery, drive away the love of money, sacrifice everything and life - honor, devoting all your days to it...
Alexander Sumarokov

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...They fear me because I am angry, cold and cheerful, That I do not serve anyone, That I weighed my life and honor On Pushkin’s scales, and I dare to prefer honor.
Vladimir Nabokov

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Honor rarely happens where there is glory, and even less often glory exists where there is honor.
Johann Gottfried Seime

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That woman is not good, whose soul does not belong to both at once - that is, together to both her body and her honor.
Godfrey of Strasbourg

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Honor is nothing more than a good opinion of other people about us. Bernard Mandeville

Honor is external conscience, and conscience is internal honor. Arthur Schopenhauer

Shame and honor are like a dress: the more shabby they are, the more careless you treat them. Lucius Apuleius

One of the main definitions of the principle of honor is that no one should, through his actions, give anyone an advantage over himself. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

An indispensable condition of friendship is not to make or fulfill demands that are contrary to the spirit of honor. Marcus Tullius Cicero

For a commander and a soldier, the same works are difficult in different ways - they are easier for the commander, because he has greater honor for them. Marcus Tullius Cicero

My honor is my life; both grow from the same root. Take away my honor and my life will end. William Shakespeare

Is it proper for a king, if he is struck on the cheek, to offer the other? How can a king rule the kingdom if he allows himself to be dishonored? Ivan IV the Terrible

There is no doubt that people are naturally prone to hatred and envy and that education only enhances these qualities. For parents usually support virtue in their children only by measures calculated to their honor or envy. Benedict (Baruch) Spinoza

Without a deep moral feeling, a person can have neither love nor honor - nothing that makes a person a person. Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky

The one who betrays love and who leaves the battle carries with him equal dishonor. Pierre Corneille

We should not envy the wealth of other people: they acquired it at a price that we cannot afford - they sacrificed peace, health, honor, and conscience for it. This is too expensive - the deal would only bring us losses. Jean de La Bruyère

Gain honor neither by vanity, nor by the beauty of clothes or horses, nor by adornment, but by courage and wisdom. Theophrastus

Never leave the path of duty and honor - this is the only thing from which we find happiness. Georges-Louis-Leclerc Buffon

Pious people abstain from unseemly acts out of fear; people of honor - out of contempt for this kind of behavior. Joseph Addison

Objectively, honor is the opinion of others about our value, and subjectively, our fear of this opinion. Arthur Schopenhauer

There is no one who does evil for its own sake, but everyone does it for profit, or pleasure, or honor, or the like. Francis Bacon

The opposite of honor is dishonor, or shame, which consists of the bad opinion and contempt of others. Bernard Mandeville

The honor of a person lies in the fact that, in relation to the satisfaction of his needs, he depends only on his hard work, on his behavior and on his mind. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Under the influence of philistinism, everything changed. Knightly honor was replaced by accounting honesty, elegant morals - by decorous morals, politeness - by primness, pride - by touchiness. Alexander Ivanovich Herzen

When a guilty person admits his guilt, he saves the only thing worth saving: his honor. Victor-Marie Hugo

A beautifully spoken speech about wonderful deeds remains in the memory of those listening, to the honor and glory of those who performed these deeds. Plato

If the crowd sometimes judges worthy people fairly, then this is more to the honor of the crowd itself than to the happiness of such people. Marcus Tullius Cicero

People are afraid of poverty and obscurity; if both cannot be avoided without losing honor, they should be accepted. Confucius (Kun Tzu)

Must keep the secrets of your friends. He who does not keep a secret dishonors his conscience and disgraces his trust in himself. John of Damascus

Speaking of honor, speaking of truth, are you really honest and truthful? If not, then you will deceive an adult with your words, but you will not deceive a child; He will not listen to your words, but to your gaze, your spirit that possesses you. Vladimir Fedorovich Odoevsky