Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.
Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
One man in a thousand, Solomon says.Will stick more close than a brother.And it's worth while seeking him half your daysIf you find him before the other.---The Thousandth Man
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.
I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met.
Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it today because it is not of today.
You're a dangerous fool who should be sent west, " he told the unconscious man. "You have forgotten the face of your father.
The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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