Quote by Nicholas Boileau
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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Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor. – Joseph Addison

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Honor lies in honest toil. – Grover Cleveland

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I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace. – Pierre Corneille

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