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“Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor; for 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; and as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, so honour peereth in the meanest habit.” William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
“He who judges of morality judges of honour; and he who judges of honour finds his law in opinion.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
“The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and without any wish or necessity of his own, toils after gold, honour, or any other phantom, is no better than a fool.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther
“It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.” Mahatma Gandhi, The Story of my Experiments with Truth
“Then we may begin by assuming that there are three classes of men—lovers of wisdom, lovers of honour, lovers of gain?” Plato, The Republic
“I am only a peasant by position, not by nature!” Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles
“This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavour to do himself honour among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.” Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels
“Since Cleopatra died, I have liv'd in such dishonour that the gods detest my baseness.” William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
“But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.” William Shakespeare, Henry V

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William Shakespeare (3)
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1)
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