Nicholas Boileau's Quote - Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have

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Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have

Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return. – Nicholas Boileau

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Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you. – Nicholas Boileau

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Some excel in rhyme who reason foolishly. – Nicholas Boileau

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A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him. – Nicholas Boileau

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All honors wounds are self-inflicted. – Andrew Carnegie

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It was just him and me. He fought with honor. If it werent for his honor, he and the others would have beaten me together. They might have killed me, then. His sense of honor saved my life. I didnt fight with honor… I fought to win. – Orson Scott Card

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One may survive distress, but not disgrace. – Scottish Proverb

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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. – Calvin Coolidge

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