Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on,—how then? Can honour set to a leg? no: or an arm? no: or take away the grief of a wound? no. Honour hath no skill in surgery, then? no. What is honour? a word. What is in that word honour; what is that honour? air. A trim reckoning! Who hath it? he that died o' Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'T is insensible, then? yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I 'll none of it. Honour is a mere scutcheon. And so ends my catechism. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 1.
William Shakespeare
Related What is honour? a word. What is in that word honour? what is that honour? air. A trim reckoning! Who... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE No profit to honour, no honour to Religion. GEORGE HERBERT But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour fr... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles. NICCOLò MACHIAVELLI There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics ... BENJAMIN DISRAELI Where there is no honour, there is no griefe. GEORGE HERBERT I have a lantern. You steal my lantern. What, then, is your honour worth no more to you than the pri... EPICTETUS There is no greater honour than to serve Canadians. KIM CAMPBELL That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it... LAURIE LEE There is no poverty where there is character, and no wealth or honour where character is missing VIKRANT PARSAI The best moment of life is when you decide to have life of your own , with promise to honour moral v... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA And if his name be George, I 'll call him Peter; For new-made honour doth forget men's names. -King... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive in... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ...the honour of a maid is her name; and no legacy is so rich as honesty. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name. SIR ROGER L'ESTRANGE A private Life is to be preferrd; the Honour and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with t... WILLIAM PENN Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; take honour from me and my life is done. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them. HORATIO NELSON I wish to thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences very sincerely for the great honour they have ... ERNEST WALTON Titles of honour add not to his worth,
Who is himself an honour of his titles. JOHN FORD Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is H... SAINT PATRICK It is forbidden to decry other sects; the true believer gives honour to whatever in them is worthy o... ASOKA Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. BIBLE It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER A nation lives forever through its concepts, honour, and culture. It is for these reasons that the r... CORNELIU ZELEA CODREANU The pity is that the public will demand and find a moral in my book, or worse they may take it in so... JAMES JOYCE I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to
Shakespeare, that in his writing (w... BEN JONSON What avail is honour or a sword against a pen? RUDYARD KIPLING It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN The Nobel Prize is without doubt the highest honour, the most coveted honour, which can be bestowed ... CHARLES GLOVER BARKLA Honour all men. Love the brotherhood, Fear God. Honour the
king. BIBLE Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. BIBLE A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are. BALTASAR GRACIAN Physical elegance, which is what I am talking about here, comes from the body. This is no superficia... PAULO COELHO It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool
will be meddling. BIBLE Let your actions speak LOVE. No matter what it is. NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO Dead on the field of honour. UNKNOWN O little Force that in your agony
Stood fast while England girt her armour on,
Held high our h... ANONYMOUS Robin: Golden arrow? And what would we do with a golden arrow? Give it to Alan for a lute string? I ... ROBIN MCKINLEY Doctor Who was a big part of my childhood so it was a great honour to be in it. SIMON PEGG That it shall hold companionship in peace With honour, as in war. -Coriolanus. Act iii. Sc. 2. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE What good is honour when greed eats away at its foundations? ALEXANDRA BRACKEN When you visit a country, visit the forgotten artisans of the narrow streets because they are the on... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the broad path of honour, on the
plausible pretence th... CHARLES DICKENS What I will tell you is that you cannot force yourself to mourn. Sometimes, the best way to honour t... SAMANTHA SHANNON There was a man bespake a think,
Which when the owner home did bring,
He that made it did refu... SIR JOHN DAVIES It is an honour to fight at the Royal Albert Hall. BILLY JOE SAUNDERS Prada is such a huge company, and it was an honour to work with them and so early on in my career. YMRE STIEKEMA If it ever occurs to people to value the honour of the mind equally with the honour of the body, we ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their field. Men pain... EMILY CARR Honour without profit is a ring on the finger. GEORGE HERBERT [Henry] felt himself bound as much in honour as in affection to Miss Morland, and believing that hea... JANE AUSTEN That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound. EDMUND BURKE I love badminton, and representing China is an honour for me. LIN DAN He's a legend and I respect his work, so I went down and paid my respects when Charlton was on t... MARK WAHLBERG My honour is my loyalty HEINRICH HIMMLER The post of honour is a private station. JOSEPH ADDISON It would be an honour for me to win rookie of the year. GUSTAVO CHACIN There is an old saying, that there is honour amongst thieves, and so it often proves. FREDERICK MARRYAT But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. TED TURNER Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. MICHAEL KEATON It's an amazing feeling: tennis is growing very quickly in Canada, and to be a big part of it is... MILOS RAONIC Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation.
Why? Because I fly hither and thith... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is
due; custom to whom custom; fear to... BIBLE Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is. NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO Leave not a stain in thine honour. BIBLE And Ye take mine honour from me if Ye take away the sea! RUDYARD KIPLING Today, in honour of our troops and in many ways to honour our veterans in this year of the veteran, ... LORNE CALVERT Your honour, this is a tough crowd. ERIC DUBIN It’s better to honour a living human than to praise a dead. HERBERT AMARSINGHE Communication matters but it is commitment which matters most. Commitment is the act of binding your... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA You must come home with me and be my guest;
You will give joy to me, and I will do
All that is... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY You like the party? Is it in honour of anything? My cat's birthday. Where's your cat?... CASSANDRA CLARE What honour have we got left, when nobody is listening to us? ABU BAKAR BASHIR This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I have always been an honest trader. I come from a school of traders where there was honour in the d... ALAN SUGAR Everyone has honour and a good name. It is the only sacred thing that every person has. VIKTOR SHEL The knighthood was a tremendous honour, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flower... ANTHONY HOPKINS Williams is one of the big names in F1 with a really strong pedigree, so it is an honour to be drivi... PASTOR MALDONADO What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made! WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Hopefully it is the only birthday this hearing will have, though, your honour, ... We will see! ROBERT AUSTIN All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have... J. R. R. TOLKIEN All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing... SAMUEL SMILES When we hold secrets it creates shame, and shame is a great barrier to success because when you carr... OPRAH WINFREY My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely. CLEOPATRA When we hold secrets it creates shame, and shame is a great barrier to success. When you carry the s... OPRAH WINFREY Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere,
In action faithful, and in honour clear;
Who... ALEXANDER POPE It's an honour to be a world champion, and it can never be taken away from you. CAROLINE BUCHANAN The more a man hath unity and simplicity in himself, the more things and the deeper things he unders... THOMAS À KEMPIS absolute equality not possible . what is possible ,we can honour the qualities in each person .that ... LITYMUNSHI Act well your part, there all the honour lies. ALEXANDER POPE Act well your part; there all the honour lies. ALEXANDER POPE Modesty sets off one newly come to honour. GEORGE HERBERT When I represent Team GB, I never give less than 100 per cent. It is an absolute honour. ADAM PEATY I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour jus... DANIEL BARBER Honour is but an itch in youthful blood
Of doing acts extravagantly good. SAMUEL HOWARD Hopefully that's the case, it would certainly be an honour, RON FRANCIS
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I come t... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
Hath but a losing office, and his tongue
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They are not ever jealous for the cause,
But jealou... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
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The meat it fee... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I do beseech you--
Though I perchance am vicious in my guess
(As I confess it is my nature's p... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that
supplants us all in the long run. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If I shall be condemned
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Are to the jealous confirmations strong
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Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves
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