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Cicero1 quote
The thing which is the most outstanding and chiefly to be desired by all healthy and good and well-off persons, is leisure with honor. — Cicero · 56 BCHorace1 quote
It is not he who has many possessions that you should call blessed: he more rightly deserves that name who knows how to use the gods' gifts wisely and to endure harsh poverty, and who fears dishonor more than death. — Horace · 11 BCJuvenal1 quote
Count it the greatest sin to prefer mere existence to honor, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living. — Juvenal · 127Lt. Daniel Kaffee1 quote
You don't need to wear a patch on your arm to have honor. — Lt. Daniel Kaffee · 1992Marcus Aurelius1 quote
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Publilius Syrus1 quote
What is left when honor is lost? — Publilius Syrus · 43 BCWilliam Shakespeare1 quote
Mine honor is my life; both grow in one.
Take honor from me and my life is done. — William Shakespeare · 1595