Honours
- 1948: Honorary doctorate, University of Bristol, England
- 1953: Honorary doctorate, Durham University, England
- 1956: Honorary doctorate, University of British Columbia, Canada
- 1956: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, Great Britain
- 1957: Honorary doctorate, University of New England, Australia
- 1958: Honorary doctorate, McGill University, Canada
- 1960: Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog, Denmark
- 1961: National Order of the Cedar, Lebanon
- 1964: Order of the Phoenix, Greece
- 1967: Order of Merit, Italy
- 1967: Légion d'honneur, France
- 1965: Knight Batchelor, Great Britain
- 1968: Honorary doctorate, University of Sydney, Australia
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“Vain men delight in telling what Honours have been done them, what great Company they have kept, and the like; by which they plainly confess, that these Honours were more than their Due, and such as their Friends would not believe if they had not been told: Whereas a Man truly proud, thinks the greatest Honours below his Merit, and consequently scorns to boast. I therefore deliver it as a Maxim that whoever desires the Character of a proud Man, ought to conceal his Vanity.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
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