Give me, kind Heaven, a private station,
A mind serene for contemplation:
Title and profit I resign;
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Give me, kind Heaven, a private station,
A mind serene for contemplation:
Title and profit I resign;
The post of honor shall be mine.

Honor is like a widow, won
With brisk attempt and putting on.

Honor is like a widow, won
With brisk attempt and putting on.

The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it
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The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it
is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in
such as have been cultivated by good examples, or a refined
education.

Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it.
[Lat., Ici l'honneur m'oblige, et j'y veux satisfaire.]

Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it.
[Lat., Ici l'honneur m'oblige, et j'y veux satisfaire.]

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return.

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor

Better to die ten thousand deaths,
Than wound my honour.

Better to die ten thousand deaths,
Than wound my honour.