Honor

Famous quotes containing the word honor:

“Sweet ladies, long may ye bloom, and toughly I hope ye may thole,
But was she not lucky? In flowers and lace and mourning,
In love and great honor we bade God rest her soul
After six little spaces of chill, and six of burning.”
—John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

“Well, ‘tis no matter, honor pricks me on. Yea, but how if
honor prick me off when I come on? how then?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“To save our imperiled honor everything must be sacrificed, even virtue.”
—Jean Racine (1639–1699)