7811 | Sophoclean heroes die terrible deaths when they oppose the new Athenian values [Sophocles, by Grayling] |
8235 | Should a coward who ran fifty paces from a battle laugh at another who ran a hundred? [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
24 | Honour depends too much on the person who awards it [Aristotle] |
4119 | If you aim at honour, you make yourself dependent on the people to whom you wish to be superior [Aristotle, by Williams,B] |
5233 | Honour is clearly the greatest external good [Aristotle] |
23912 | Honour depends on what it is for, and whether it is bestowed by worthy people [Aristotle] |
20844 | Honour is just, courageous, orderly or knowledgeable. It is praiseworthy, or functions well [Stoic school, by Diog. Laertius] |
23673 | Every worthy man has a principle of honour, and knows what is honourable [Reid] |
4557 | The supposed great lovers of honour (Alexander etc) were actually great despisers of honour [Nietzsche] |
4021 | Willingness to risk life was the constitutive quality of the man of honour [Taylor,C] |
7809 | In an honour code shame is the supreme punishment, and revenge is a duty [Grayling] |