“’Tis a shame that your family is an honor to you! You ought to be an honor to your family.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“Honor thy father and mother, i.e., live so as to be an honor to them when they are dead.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Now when a country does not pay its debts you cannot take its word on anything.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“The man who practices virtue only in the hope of gaining reputation, is toying with vice.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Disputed“We are warlike, because self-control contains honour as a chief constituent, and honour bravery.”
— Thucydides Primary source“The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Disputed“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”
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