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“Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I’ll sleep more easily by night.” George R. R. Martin, “A Game of Thrones” - 1996

“You wear your honor like a suit of armor, Stark. You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.” George R. R. Martin, “A Game of Thrones” - 1996

“When beggars die, there are no comets seen; the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.” William Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar” - 1623

“In everything on this earth that is worth doing, there is a stage when no one would do it, except for necessity or honor.” G. K. Chesterton, “What's Wrong with the World” - 1910

“Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it to-day because it is not of to-day.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance” - 1841

“Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those whom they have slain.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “The Brothers Karamazov” - 1880

“I know the world is a drawing-room, from which we must retire politely and honestly; that is, with a bow, and our debts of honor paid.” Alexandre Dumas, “The Count of Monte Cristo” - 1845

“If I understand this correctly Christ taught here the alarming doctrine that the desire for honor among men made belief impossible.” A. W. Tozer, “The Pursuit of God” - 1948

“Honor is due to God and to persons of great excellence as a sign of attestation of excellence already existing: not that honor makes them excellent.” Thomas Aquinas, “Summa Theologica” - 1274

“And when neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content, and he has only to contend with the ambition of a few, whom he can curb with ease in many ways.” Niccolò Machiavelli, “The Prince” - 1532

“Only free peoples can hold their purpose and their honor steady to a common end and prefer the interests of mankind to any narrow interest of their own.” Woodrow Wilson, “We Must Accept War” - 2 April 1917

“If you would take a man’s life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.” George R. R. Martin, “A Game of Thrones” - 1996

“Most of us are not so strong. What is honor compared to a woman’s love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms... or the memory of a brother’s smile?” George R. R. Martin, “A Game of Thrones” - 1996

“the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.” Ayn Rand, “Atlas Shrugged” - 1957

“A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man’s life comes a day when it is not easy, a...” George R. R. Martin, “A Game of Thrones” - 1996

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