Honour
Ivan Asen Point on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named for Ivan Asen II.
Ivan Asen II's seal is depicted on the reverse of the Bulgarian 2 lev banknote, issued in 1999 and 2005.
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Famous quotes containing the word honour:
“Kings were wont to honour philosophers; but if I had such I would honour them as angels that should have such purity in them that they would not seek when they are the second to be the first, and when they are third to be the second.”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
“When other Ladies to the Shades go down,
Still Flavia, Chloris, Celia stay in Town;
Those Ghosts of Beauty ling’ring there abide,
And haunt the places where their Honour dy’d.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“The jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honour feels.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)