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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Our own heart, and not other mens opinion, forms our true honor. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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A hundred years cannot repair a moments loss of honor. – Proverb

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A person dishonored is worst than dead. – Miguel de Cervantes

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

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