Honor
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1.The nature and definition of honor and reputation
William Penn, More Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 377Choose friends of principle who stop where honor will not lead, guarding reputation.read · scan
Benjamin Franklin, His AutobiographyVol. 1
- p. 56He valued a tolerable character and determined to preserve it.read · scan
1a.Honor as the opinion of power
Plutarch, AristidesVol. 12
- p. 82–83Kings sought titles of power and violence rather than reputation for virtue.read · scan
Thomas Hobbes, Of Man, Being the First Part of LeviathanVol. 34
- p. 352Honour is one of the passions, a sort of power.read · scan
- p. 362–363Reputation and popularity are treated as forms of power that draw adherents.read · scan
- p. 363–364Honouring is the outward valuing of a man's power; prayer, obedience and gifts are signs of honour.read · scan
- p. 364–365Lists actions that honour or dishonour: flattery, trust, praise, agreement, imitation and consultation all signify valuing another's power.read · scan
- p. 365–366Whatever signifies power is honourable; civil honour flows from the sovereign's will, as with Mordecai and the Persian king.read · scan
- p. 366Honour consists only in the opinion of power, so great deeds are honourable whether just or unjust; ancient gods praised for thefts.read · scan
- p. 367Piracy was once honourable and duels remain so; hereditary coats of arms are honourable only when they carry privileges.read · scan
- p. 367Scutcheons were given as encouragement or recompense to those who served in war.read · scan
- p. 368–369Titles like duke, count and baron signify value set by the sovereign; they began as offices and became mere marks of precedence.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 62Only mastery and sovereignty bring glory, only slavery brings shame.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Tragedy of Faust, Part IVol. 19
- p. 167–169Song asks honour to lead them rightly.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 304The Count's reputation for power requires that a nephew not be worsted, and yielding to a convent would be a humiliation.read · scan
- p. 313He cannot draw back without forfeiting his reputation for power.read · scan
1b.Honor as the revealing of virtue and desert
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 23Penelope wins great renown by her steadfastness while Telemachus loses his livelihood.read · scan
- p. 149Odysseus asks whether his honour still abides; Telemachus keeps it and is bidden to banquets.read · scan
- p. 191He grew dread and honourable among the Cretans through wealth and prowess.read · scan
- p. 286–287He praises his mother as unmatched among Achaean women.read · scan
Confucius, The Sayings of ConfuciusVol. 44
- p. 56Duke Ching's thousand teams brought no praise while starved Po-yi and Shu-ch'i are still praised.read · scan
- p. 66Confucius cannot be decried; he is like sun and moon, unreachable, honored in life and mourned in death.read · scan
The Book of PsalmsVol. 44
- p. 156–158The upright despise a reprobate but honor those who fear Jehovah.read · scan
Herodotus, An Account of EgyptVol. 33
- p. 52Priest refuses Darius a statue beside Sesostris's because Darius's deeds did not equal his conquests.read · scan
Euripides, HippolytusVol. 8
- p. 345–346He would lead Hellas in contests of valour yet rank second, valuing love of good men over rank.read · scan
Hippocrates, The Oath of HippocratesVol. 38
- p. 3Prays to be respected by all men if he keeps the oath.read · scan
Buddhist WritingsVol. 45
- p. 733Villagers who called the elder a lazy monk end by worshiping him with flowers.read · scan
- p. 738–739The wise are worthy of veneration and offerings from the whole world of gods and men.read · scan
Ecclesiastes; or, The PreacherVol. 44
- p. 342–343A good name is better than precious oil.read · scan
Marcus Tullius Cicero, On Old AgeVol. 9
- p. 49Fabius was great in public and private life; his retort to Salinator shows good-humored dignity.read · scan
- p. 66–67Influence is the crowning grace of old age, as in Valerius Corvus's long career.read · scan
- p. 67Old age earns influence and respect, as shown by epitaphs and famous men; these outweigh youth's pleasures.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 232Marcellus's worth and glory admired living and adored when lost.read · scan
- p. 270Aeneas cites his worth and Evander's renown and virtue as reasons for coming.read · scan
Plutarch, PericlesVol. 12
- p. 55–56Pericles gained repute and goodwill for wisdom and love of countrymen after Tolmides fell.read · scan
- p. 56–57He was admired and talked of abroad for his campaigns.read · scan
Plutarch, AristidesVol. 12
- p. 100–102Aristides gains great reputation from his fair assessment; Themistocles mocks him as a money-bag rather than a man of merit.read · scan
Plutarch, CiceroVol. 12
- p. 224Men of repute like Pompey courted Cicero, whose public actions established Pompey's reputation.read · scan
Plutarch, AntonyVol. 12
- p. 355Soldiers prize their general's good opinion above their own lives; his noble birth, eloquence and generosity earn devotion.read · scan
Epictetus, The Golden Sayings of EpictetusVol. 2
- p. 133To win good repute, speak and do good to others first.read · scan
Pliny the Younger, Letters of PlinyVol. 9
- p. 195–197Julianus rated Euphrates first in merit though not in dignity.read · scan
Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of Marcus AureliusVol. 2
- p. 196Ensured each enjoyed reputation according to deserts.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 69Faustus's candid modesty in confessing ignorance wins Augustine's liking, fairer than the knowledge he sought.read · scan
BeowulfVol. 49
- p. 5Praise of prowess and lauded deeds; generosity to followers wins an earl honor in every clan.read · scan
- p. 10–12Ecgtheow is honored by the wise throughout the world.read · scan
- p. 14Wulfgar judges the strangers worthy of hearing by their arms and their proud bearing.read · scan
- p. 38Wealhtheow tells Beowulf his deeds have made him famed far and wide, and blesses him with prosperity.read · scan
- p. 48–50Hrothgar says Beowulf's fame will fly far and wide.read · scan
- p. 57–59Offa is praised far and wide for his fighting and giving; Beowulf's deeds avenge Danish sorrows.read · scan
- p. 86–87Warriors mourn a lord who defended his land and furthered his folk's weal.read · scan
- p. 92The Geats praise Beowulf as mildest and most beloved of kings, kindest to his kin, keenest for praise.read · scan
The Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelVol. 49
- p. 206–207Generosity and hospitality among friends are shown as the mark of a king and his host.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 81–82Couplets praise the fame and virtues of the noble.read · scan
- p. 198–200The mourners' verses praise the dead man's virtuous deeds and say he should be perfumed with the odours of praise.read · scan
- p. 394–395The crowd blesses Ala-ed-Din, saying he deserves it and praying God increase his glory.read · scan
The Voyages to VinlandVol. 43
- p. 5–6Biarni prospers in property and public esteem as a promising young man.read · scan
- p. 10Leif is called the Lucky and gains store of property and honor.read · scan
- p. 17The Wineland voyage is reckoned both profitable and honorable.read · scan
Songs from the Elder EddaVol. 49
- p. 361–363Helgi praised as best king in the world, towering above other lords like the ash above thorn.read · scan
The Song of RolandVol. 49
- p. 110–112Ganelon extols Roland and the twelve peers as unrivaled vassals.read · scan
The Story of the Volsungs and NiblungsVol. 49
- p. 259–260The Volsungs are famed as great and high-minded men far above others in prowess.read · scan
- p. 277–278Hjordis chooses the suitor of greatest fame, Sigmund, despite his age.read · scan
- p. 281–282Sigurd is praised above all kings for might and prowess; Hjordis is held in great honour once her rank is revealed.read · scan
- p. 288–290Sigurd is called the most famed of young men, unmatched among kings' sons.read · scan
- p. 312–313Sigurd is seen as godlike, foremost of all men, and is welcomed and honoured at Giuki's court.read · scan
- p. 337–338Sigurd praised as first and best of men; the company rides out in noble array.read · scan
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales; The Nun's Priest's TaleVol. 40
- p. 11–12He was ever honoured for his worthiness and held sovereign renown.read · scan
Niccolò Machiavelli, The PrinceVol. 36
- p. 64–65His splendid reputation shielded him from the hatred his cruelty might have caused.read · scan
- p. 69–70New princes need to win reputation, gained by overcoming opposition.read · scan
- p. 72–73Ferdinand rose to fame and glory through great deeds that won reputation and admiration.read · scan
- p. 85Reforming military discipline brings a new prince reputation and importance.read · scan
William Roper, The Life of Sir Thomas MoreVol. 36
- p. 91His upright demeanour won great renown and the King's determination to have his service.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 310Cellini claims men of worth prove it by their actions; those who act otherwise lose the name of honest men.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 220–221A good name or report is named with beauty as what incites love.read · scan
- p. 316–317Good fame is the beauty of virtue and must be kept unstained.read · scan
- p. 392His valour, not dishonourable means, raised Uchali to King of Algiers and General of the Sea.read · scan
Edmund Spenser, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 238–239Regard of honour counted among her inward treasures.read · scan
Francis Bacon, Essays, Civil and MoralVol. 3
- p. 28–31Honor should be the place of virtue; ambition is violent in rising, authority calm once placed.read · scan
- p. 127–129Honor is the revealing of virtue without disadvantage; ranks of sovereign honor from founders of states to fathers of their country.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkVol. 46
- p. 138Hamlet urges treating players by one's own honour and dignity rather than their desert, lest none escape whipping.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of MacbethVol. 46
- p. 382–383Rebels march to give obedience 'where 'tis truly ow'd', purging the country of the usurper.read · scan
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Philaster, or Love Lies A-BleedingVol. 47
- p. 671Philaster asserts his worth and rights; Galatea calls him worthiest the name of man.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Dr. John DonneVol. 15
- p. 332Nobility and foreign ambassadors seek his friendship and counsel, valuing his learning.read · scan
Sir Thomas Browne, Religio MediciVol. 3
- p. 310True esteem attaches to desert, not fortune; a forlorn worthy person outvalues a troop of ignorant grandees.read · scan
Pierre Corneille, PolyeucteVol. 26
- p. 117–119Severus resolves to obey Pauline: the man who loses honour loses all.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise RegainedVol. 4
- p. 371Money brings honour, says Satan; Jesus counters that merit and virtue merit praiseread · scan
Andrew Marvell, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 372–374Praises Cromwell's glory and Charles's dignified bearing at the scaffold, which he met with nothing common or mean.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 208–209Jewish sincerity against their own honour has no example in the world.read · scan
- p. 273–274No man ever had more renown; both Jewish and Gentile peoples make him their centre.read · scan
- p. 274–275Geniuses and saints have glory and lustre of their own kind, needing no worldly greatness.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 87–88Reputation among neighbors contradicts Talkative's self-commendation; he is a shame to professors.read · scan
- p. 252–253Christian's name is famous everywhere for his faith, courage and endurance.read · scan
- p. 283–284Their deeds bring fame and reverent esteem, though baser sort scorn them.read · scan
Jean Racine, PhaedraVol. 26
- p. 153–154Aricia praises his deserved fame and generosity.read · scan
William Penn, Some Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 344–345Esteem of persons should rest on virtue, not money.read · scan
Jonathan Swift, On the Death of Esther Johnson [Stella]Vol. 27
- p. 125–126Stella detests churchmen who sacrifice truth and honour to ambition, forgiving common lay immoralities sooner.read · scan
- p. 128Honour is named among the chief virtues she valued in acquaintances.read · scan
Alexander Pope, Solitude; On a Certain Lady at Court; Essay on ManVol. 40
- p. 430Honor and shame arise from acting one's part well, not from condition; esteem and love cannot be bought.read · scan
David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingVol. 37
- p. 365–366Actions not proceeding from durable character bring neither honour nor infamy.read · scan
Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsVol. 10
- p. 48Esteem for uncommon talents gives their produce added value.read · scan
- p. 341–342Country gentlemen and farmers are said to be, to their honour, least subject to the spirit of monopoly.read · scan
Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and BeautifulVol. 24
- p. 90Caesar and Cato in Sallust contrast the lovable and the reverenced man.read · scan
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in FranceVol. 24
- p. 210–211Honest men withdraw from the assembly as the last act for the good.read · scan
- p. 211Mounier is a man of honour and virtue, yet a fugitive.read · scan
- p. 221National honour requires disclaiming the society that celebrated the triumph.read · scan
- p. 279They had the hearts of gentlemen and men of honour, neither insolent nor servile.read · scan
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, or The Soldier's FortuneVol. 26
- p. 302–304Major keeps his dignity, refusing to be treated civilly only because he has money.read · scan
- p. 318–319Minna calls the discharged officer a very deserving man though the landlord dismisses him.read · scan
- p. 372–374The Count esteems Tellheim as an honourable man whatever his uniform.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, EgmontVol. 19
- p. 253–254Buyck praises Egmont's marksmanship and says one learns from serving under him.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 37–38Father teaches that without an honest manly heart no man is worth regarding.read · scan
- p. 242–244Epigraph from Pope calls an honest man the noblest work of God; the elegy praises the man's social honesty.read · scan
- p. 244–246Tam is praised as a social, honest man whose worth would rise in Heaven despite a few faults; fame asked to spread word.read · scan
- p. 522–524Praises Kerroughtree, whose honor was ever his law and whose worth would sample all the virtues.read · scan
Friedrich von Schiller, Letters upon the Aesthetic Education of ManVol. 32
- p. 273–274Dignity: contemptible to act under sense impulse what duty should decide, noble to conform to law and harmony.read · scan
- p. 275–276Ignorant of his own dignity, he cannot honour it in others.read · scan
Sydney Smith, Fallacies of Anti-ReformersVol. 27
- p. 240–241Respect paid to public men should depend on the goodness of their conduct, not be independent of it.read · scan
William Ellery Channing, On the Elevation of the Laboring ClassesVol. 28
- p. 317Dignity should rest on personal worth, not outward connections or rank; laborers should not envy or copy the upper class.read · scan
- p. 318True glory is governing oneself; office is not dignity.read · scan
- p. 331–332Individual dignity derives from soul, not birth, wealth or outward show; the laborer should have self-respect beyond a proud monarch's.read · scan
- p. 343–344Honor should go to those of strong principle, integrity and cultivated intellect, not dress or title.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 402The multitude's veneration replaces hatred, and his men see him as a saint exalted above the common throng.read · scan
- p. 507–508Settala, learned and kind to the poor, is esteemed, though sharing prejudices of his time.read · scan
Thomas Carlyle, Inaugural Address at EdinburghVol. 25
- p. 359Carlyle reflects on students' noble desire to honour the worthy and on the honour done him.read · scan
- p. 380Reverence is honour paid to the greater and better, distinguished from fear.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-RelianceVol. 5
- p. 66Honor is venerable as ancient virtue, self-derived, not a trap for homage; heroes are attended by their past victories.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, FriendshipVol. 5
- p. 114–115Worship the friend's superiorities and revere his merits, giving them room to expand.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, CharacterVol. 5
- p. 183Great men's reputation outruns their recorded deeds, as with Washington, Sidney and Raleigh.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, MannersVol. 5
- p. 201Eminent names of the feudal ages resound for stoutness and worth; personal force still wins its place.read · scan
- p. 211–212Admirable persons in plain clothes, and heroes like Scipio and Sidney, are the centres from which society draws impulses.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, BeautyVol. 5
- p. 306–307Ugly men who ruled destinies or showed great qualities win esteem and wonder; deformities become ornamental.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, English TraitsVol. 5
- p. 317–318Landor names Washington, Phocion and Timoleon greatest and says a great man should make great sacrifices.read · scan
John Stuart Mill, AutobiographyVol. 25
- p. 49–51John Austin's highmindedness and high estimation by the most competent judges.read · scan
John Greenleaf Whittier, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1342–1344He was a true and brave son of his state, who never excused its faults.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the MastVol. 23
- p. 107The two flogged men show delicacy and sense of honor toward one another, each sparing the other reminders.read · scan
- p. 199George retains a high spirit and sense of honor despite years of a dog's life.read · scan
- p. 252Marsh shows a sense of honor and pride of a young man of good family.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Twenty-Four Years AfterVol. 23
- p. 393Don Andres, brave and respected, wins the day by magnanimity and indignation on behalf of a wounded officer.read · scan
Henry David Thoreau, WalkingVol. 28
- p. 416–417An Indian's name was his fame, earned by exploits; pitiful to bear a name neither earned nor famous.read · scan
John Ruskin, Sesame and LiliesVol. 28
- p. 112–113Our honor is precisely in proportion to our passion.read · scan
- p. 143–144Manhood's honor fails only when woman braces the soul's armor loosely.read · scan
- p. 159Humanity warped from its honor can be degraded to any depth.read · scan
James Russell Lowell, DemocracyVol. 28
- p. 466–468Society should let men respect themselves and thereby justify respecting others; admiration of the better.read · scan
Ernest Renan, The Poetry of the Celtic RacesVol. 32
- p. 156Heroes fight to show personal excellence, and a man's worth depends on valour and natural gifts.read · scan
Frank Aretas Haskell, The Battle of GettysburgVol. 43
- p. 331–332Reynolds is praised as a soldier general whose soul was in his country's work, with high honor and fidelity.read · scan
- p. 357Hancock's commanding, dignified bearing would win obedience even in civilian clothes.read · scan
Robert Louis Stevenson, Samuel PepysVol. 28
- p. 286Pepys kept his honor bright, toiling in public employments in a corrupt age, respected by the wisest and dignified in death.read · scan
1c.Honor as opinion, imagination and show
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 81–82Good report among men is won by seemly dress and conduct.read · scan
- p. 226She mocks Antinous's reputation for counsel and speech as undeserved.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 248Rutulians are moved to arms by beauty, youth, house and fame.read · scan
Paul, The First Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 504Head coverings tied to honor and dishonor, glory and shame.read · scan
Plutarch, PericlesVol. 12
- p. 41Pericles keeps aloof, appearing only on great occasions, to preserve dignity and avoid commonness.read · scan
Plutarch, AntonyVol. 12
- p. 383–384Caesar parades Areius publicly so citizens will esteem him.read · scan
Pliny the Younger, Letters of PlinyVol. 9
- p. 243Some actions are celebrated while others are really greater; fame misjudges true greatness.read · scan
- p. 291Fame of human actions depends on the rank of the doer; the wife's remarkable deed is obscure compared with Arria's.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 388Fine dress makes the poor tailor's son pass for a king's son.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 6–7Prefacing sonnets are valued when written by dukes, bishops and famous poets, for the prestige of their names.read · scan
- p. 12–13Quixote's feats called his fairest ornament despite ravings and blows.read · scan
- p. 76Quixote rejoices in sleeping under open heaven as a worthy act that ratifies his chivalry.read · scan
Sir Walter Raleigh, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 203–204Court and church are denounced as hollow: court shines like rotten wood, church does no good.read · scan
Francis Bacon, Essays, Civil and MoralVol. 3
- p. 124Small courtesies, used constantly, add to reputation like perpetual letters commendatory.read · scan
- p. 135Concern for reputation sharpens anger; one needs a stouter web of honor.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkVol. 46
- p. 186Fame and reputation of Laertes' excellence to be given double varnishread · scan
Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's HolidayVol. 47
- p. 490–491Margery feels honour creep upon her; Firk mocks how fine raiment makes the master look like a lord.read · scan
Philip Massinger, A New Way to Pay Old DebtsVol. 47
- p. 888Wellborn cares about outward dignity and fears being reproached for wearing a plain suit at his wedding; Marrall flatters with 'worship' titles.read · scan
Pierre Corneille, PolyeucteVol. 26
- p. 105Felix fears for his renown and reputation if he shields a Christian of his own house.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 35–36Imagination awards reputation and veneration to persons, works, laws and the great.read · scan
- p. 59–60We live an imaginary life in others' minds and would even be cowards to gain a reputation for bravery.read · scan
- p. 73Men rage over imaginary insults to honour.read · scan
- p. 73Worldly success requires appearing honourable, faithful and useful; unbelievers gain no esteem.read · scan
Jean Racine, PhaedraVol. 26
- p. 168–170Oenone argues reputation outweighs everything, even conscience, urging Phaedra to slander Hippolytus to protect her honour.read · scan
William Penn, Some Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 335–336Men are more concerned for their credit than for the cause.read · scan
William Penn, More Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 389Self-respect comes from not cheapening oneself in indiscreet conversation; state is mere pageantry.read · scan
Alexander Pope, Solitude; On a Certain Lady at Court; Essay on ManVol. 40
- p. 430Fame is a fancied life in others' breath; self-approval outweighs huzzas, and true fame comes only from desert.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A Discourse upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality among MankindVol. 34
- p. 208–209Qualities commanding respect had to be possessed or affected.read · scan
- p. 222Rank and greatness rest on mere opinion of the bewitched people.read · scan
- p. 224–225Whimsical rules about the point of honour.read · scan
- p. 226Civilized man lives in others' opinion, valuing reputation and power; honour without virtue, a deceitful exterior versus the savage living within himself.read · scan
Oliver Goldsmith, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 526–527In France honour, praise even for imaginary worth, circulates like currency and forms the social temper, breeding vanity and ostentation.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, EgmontVol. 19
- p. 296–297Egmont contrasts his public fame, loved by an unknowing people and watched by rivals, with his true self, happy with Clara.read · scan
William Wordsworth, Essay Supplementary to PrefaceVol. 39
- p. 324Reputation of poems rests on fashion and vanity rather than discernment; true merit noticed only decades later.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 298–299The Count's power rests on reputation and his boasted favor at the Spanish court.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, HeroismVol. 5
- p. 127Fame attached to famous names and places is superstition; worth lies in the person, not geography of fame.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, WorshipVol. 5
- p. 285The fame of Shakspeare or Bonaparte characterizes those who give it.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, English TraitsVol. 5
- p. 331–332Success is the accepted test of national genius, and England has been the most successful nation.read · scan
- p. 392Merit must be shown by good clothes and coach; poverty brings reproach and disgrace.read · scan
Hans Christian Andersen, TalesVol. 17
- p. 223–224Ducks defer to a grand old duck whose red rag is the greatest distinction; rank and appearance determine regard.read · scan
Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the BeagleVol. 29
- p. 455–456Darwin's farewell judges Australia neither great enough for respect nor affectionate enough to regret, though it may one day reign as a princess.read · scan
Robert Browning, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1094–1095The world's acclaim for Raphael and Guido Reni contrasts with the private treasure lost to it.read · scan
- p. 1105–1106The world prizes visible work, but instincts and purposes unweighed also make the man.read · scan
1d.True honor contrasted with false honor
Confucius, The Sayings of ConfuciusVol. 44
- p. 27–28The disciples' pretense of ministers for the sick Master is a false show.read · scan
- p. 40Distinguishes true eminence, from plain straight character, from fame won by a mask of love.read · scan
Aesop, FablesVol. 17
- p. 19–20The jay's borrowed plumes are stripped and he is shamed among his own kind.read · scan
Aeschylus, AgamemnonVol. 8
- p. 40–41Agamemnon refuses the purple carpet, saying praise must come from others and such pomp befits gods, not a mortal.read · scan
The Bhagavad-Gita; or, Song CelestialVol. 45
- p. 863–865Sacrifice offered for good repute and fame belongs to passion.read · scan
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Letters of CiceroVol. 9
- p. 85–86Contrasts his own ambition for office with his correspondent's honourable privacy, placing true glory in honesty, industry and piety.read · scan
- p. 139Cicero explains he values true glory, not empty popular praise, and asks senate honours to redress his disgrace.read · scan
Paul, The Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 525–526Paul takes thought for things honorable before God and men, avoiding blame over the collection and boasting of the Corinthians' readiness.read · scan
Luke, The Gospel According to LukeVol. 44
- p. 397What men exalt is abomination to God; Pharisees justify themselves before men.read · scan
Plutarch, ThemistoclesVol. 12
- p. 22–23Expediency versus dishonor: the Athenians refuse a profitable but dishonorable stratagem.read · scan
Plutarch, CoriolanusVol. 12
- p. 160–162Consuls say it is no time to stand upon terms of honor and mere glory.read · scan
Plutarch, CiceroVol. 12
- p. 248Cicero refuses to do anything unbecoming his past life and declines a triumph in favor of accommodation.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 86–87Glory not grounded in God is no true glory; it overthrew his soul more than drunkenness did the beggar.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 332Francis despised by men for his lowly birth yet honored by popes and sung in heavenread · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 320–321Human praise and reputation are vain; a man is only what he is in God's eyes.read · scan
Sir Thomas More, UtopiaVol. 36
- p. 192Ambassadors in gold seeking reverence are mistaken for bondmen, while Utopians give no honor to costly apparel.read · scan
- p. 192–194They condemn giving divine honors to rich men merely for riches, and thinking oneself nobler for finer wool.read · scan
William Shakespeare, Songs and SonnetsVol. 40
- p. 275–276Gilded honour shamefully misplaced.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King LearVol. 46
- p. 284Goneril taunts Albany for not discerning honour from suffering.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of MacbethVol. 46
- p. 347–348Malcolm notes false men easily show unfelt sorrow; daggers lie in men's smiles.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The TempestVol. 46
- p. 450Stephano speaks of disgrace and dishonour at losing his bottle, mocking honour.read · scan
John Webster, The Duchess of MalfiVol. 47
- p. 827Bosola casts off his 'painted honour' as vain.read · scan
- p. 841–843Bosola says there are many dirty ways to seeming honour, rejecting the Cardinal's promises.read · scan
René Descartes, Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking the Truth in the SciencesVol. 34
- p. 10He makes slight account of glory won through fictitious titles.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 204Faithful angels seek no praise of men; rebels crave renown yet are cancelled from memory, fame without truth deserving only infamy.read · scan
- p. 261Adam argues that even a failed temptation dishonours the tempted.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise RegainedVol. 4
- p. 384True glory is God's approval of the just man, as with Job and Socrates, not the fame of conquerorsread · scan
Molière, Tartuffe, or The HypocriteVol. 26
- p. 214–216Hypocrites seek influence and office through false piety.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 73They deceive themselves in seeking esteem by daring unbelief.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, LettersVol. 48
- p. 353Worldly honors are only an image of the real honor God bestows.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 76–77What is esteemed among men is abomination with God; Faithful rejects shame and finds glory in what it disdains.read · scan
- p. 178Christian, a fool in every mouth while living, is now highly commended; neighbors who derided him will be called to account.read · scan
- p. 280–281The name of a professor of religion, once odious, is now counted honourable in parts of the town.read · scan
John Dryden, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 393–395Honor is called an empty bubble in the song.read · scan
William Penn, Some Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 334–335No honor in maintaining what is dishonorable; true honor pays treble damages rather than justify one wrong with another.read · scan
William Penn, More Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 375–376Silence saves the person's honor; dissimulation nauseates a man of virtue and honor.read · scan
Voltaire, Letters on the EnglishVol. 34
- p. 136–138The true man of honour is suspected by the captain while the false friend is trusted.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A Discourse upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality among MankindVol. 34
- p. 213Prejudices made shedding blood a virtue and honour.read · scan
Immanuel Kant, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of MoralsVol. 32
- p. 310Inclination to honour, if directed to public utility, deserves praise but not esteem.read · scan
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, or The Soldier's FortuneVol. 26
- p. 351–352Tellheim says honour commands him not to marry; Minna says honour requires not deserting a woman who loves him.read · scan
- p. 353–354Tellheim thinks his honour sullied by discharge; Minna examines and mocks his charges of being discharged, crippled and a beggar.read · scan
- p. 354Tellheim calls his honour sullied merely for discharge; Minna calls this exaggeration and admires his generous deed.read · scan
- p. 354–355Tellheim considers his honour suspected since his advance was taken as bribery; Minna calls honour a phantom that hardens him.read · scan
- p. 358–359Minna says he has too much honour to mistake love.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 509–511True honor is independent worth of mind, not titles or worship by others.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 81Don Rodrigo declares himself sole guardian of his honour and resents any intrusion on it.read · scan
- p. 83Rodrigo claims exclusive guardianship of his honour and rejects the friar's appeal to conscience.read · scan
- p. 83–84Friar contrasts Rodrigo's honour in men's sight with honour in God's sight.read · scan
- p. 320Don Rodrigo says his honour forbids retreating from his enterprise, so he asks the Unnamed's help.read · scan
George Gordon, Lord Byron, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 799–801The world's praise for her is founded on another's woe.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, The CenciVol. 18
- p. 285–288Orsino's hypocrisy and priestly vow are subordinated to his ambition for wealth and Beatrice.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, WorshipVol. 5
- p. 279Honors and ovations given to dishonest officials; those who boast of honor are least trusted.read · scan
John Stuart Mill, On LibertyVol. 25
- p. 242Magnanimity, personal dignity and sense of honor derive from human, not religious, education.read · scan
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 982–983Honour hurt yet soothed by money.read · scan
Oliver Wendell Holmes, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1367–1369Honors and titles dismissed as silly toys and empty names.read · scan
John Ruskin, Sesame and LiliesVol. 28
- p. 127Public honor, orders and crowns are worthless if the soul within is dead.read · scan
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