"Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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More on Honor
“Let not the emphasis of hospitality lie in bed and board; but let truth and love and honor and courtesy flow in all thy deeds.”
“Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay; My major vow lies here, this I'll obey.”
“No man of honor ever quite lives up to his code, any more than a moral man manages to avoid sin.”
More on Reputation
“By being seldom seen, I could not stirBut like a comet I was wondered at.”
“A battle that you win cancels any other bad action of yours. In the same way, by losing one, all the good things worked by you before become vain.”
“We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.”