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“Desperaux," she said. He saw his name on her lips."I honor you," whispered Desperaux. "I honor you.”
“The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals.”
“Never confuse honor with stupidity!”
“For now, Lady Queen," he said, "allow us to continue to obey you. But give us honorable instructions, Lady Queen," he said, turning a flushed face to hers. "Ask us to do honorable things, so that w...”
“You are new here, so I will explain. In this land, nobility comes not from ones fathers or a title or from the land one owns, but from ones actions. His voice was hard-edged, and his words seemed h...”
“Honor lies in honest toil.”
“To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.”
“Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.”
“I really took filmmaking very seriously... It was an honor and then a crutch also, because at a young age, I was like, I guess I'm a serious filmmaker. I never set out to be a serious filmmaker. I ...”
“Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.”
“You have to defend your honor. And your family.”
“Honor your daughters. They are honorable.”
“As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.”
“The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.”
“It was amazing for me to even perform at the Grammys, but to do so alongside Annie Lennox was a truly incredible honor.”
“I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.”
“Who sows virtue reaps honor.”
“I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him I kind of wear as a ...”
“To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation, the animals are 'production units,' and accorded all the sympathy that term suggests.”
“The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle.”
