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It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty. ↗

— John Ruskin

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The perfection of our union, especially our commitment to equality of opportunity, has been a story of constant striving to live up to our Founding principles. This is what Abraham Lincoln meant when he said, 'In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve.' ↗

— Paul Ryan

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Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised. ↗

— Sallust

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Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

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I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable. ↗

— Tupac Shakur

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Mr. Lincoln's elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit, wherever it exists, has the opportunity to be known. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

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I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Cartooning is an honorable thing. ↗

— Bill Sienkiewicz

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No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil. ↗

— Citium Zeno

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The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest. ↗

— Steven Brust

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