I think that you can honour the sacrifices of a common soldier without glorifying war. Geraldine Brooks
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. William Butler Yeats
Honour is like a widow, won
With brisk attempt and putting on. Samuel Butler, Hudibras I II i
Now, while the honour thou hast got
Is spick and span new. ibid. I III 397
If he that in the field is slain
Be in the bed of honour lain,
He that is beaten may be said
To lie in Honour’s truckle-bed. ibid. I III 1047
As quick as lightning, in the breach
Just in the place where honour’s lodged,
As wise philosophers have judged,
Because a kick in that place more
Hurts Honour than deep wounds before. ibid. II III 1066
Give me, kind Heaven, a private station,
A mind serene for contemplation:
Title and profit I resign:
The post of honor shall be mine. John Gay, Fables II: The Vulture, The Sparrow and other Birds, 1727
Honour sits smiling at the sale of truth. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Queen Mab IV:218, 1813
Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it. Pierre Corneille, Polyeucte IV:3
Great honours are great burdens, but on whom
They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.
His cares must still be double to his joys,
In any dignity. Ben Jonson, Catiline, His Conspiracy III i 1
A Quixotic sense of the honourable – of the chivalrous. Edgar Allen Poe, letter to Mrs Whitman 18 October 1848
He died full of years and of honours, equally illustrious by those he refused as by those he accepted. Pliny the Younger, Epistles II:1
His honour rooted in dishonour stood,
And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true. Alfred Lord Tennyson, Idyls of the King, Lancelot and Elaine, l886
Gowron: You will have nothing.
Worf: Except my honour. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine s4e2: The Way of the Warrior II
All honour’s wounds are self-inflicted. Andrew Carnegie
More than 1,000 women are murdered in Pakistan each year by male relatives who believe the victims have dishonoured their families. A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness ***** 2015
‘Saba had a gunshot wound on the left side of her face which made it almost impossible to recognise anything.’ ibid. doctor
‘They shot her and threw her in the river.’ ibid. rozzer
‘I will never forgive them.’ ibid. Saba
After leaving the hospital Saba went into hiding. ibid.
‘This is what happens when honour is at stake … No woman should ruin her parents’ reputation.’ ibid. mother
‘People who visit my father tell me he is asking for forgiveness.’ ibid. Saba
‘If there is no justice, you can imagine how terrible the police will feel.’ ibid. rozzer
‘I am called an honourable man.’ ibid. father
‘In my heart they are unforgiven.’ ibid. Saba
Rules are not laws. Laws are for cowards. Rules are for men. That’s why we have rules of honour. ZeroZeroZero I: The Shipment, Mexican sellers, Sky Atlantic 2020
There is no greater honour for a woman than to be the mother of Germany’s sons and daughters. This is the highest honour she can attain. Adolf Hitler
It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings. Mahatma Gandhi
There is no honour. Only business. Suburra: Blood on Rome s3e2: Torture, Titto, Netflix 2022
This is the problem: this culture of whispers. So-called honour, the silence. It’s a disease. And you wonder why I left. Rough Diamonds I, Netflix 2023