Quintilian Quotes

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action.

Better not to exist than live basely.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

Union is a delectable thing, and so is wealth, and so is life, but they may all cost too much, if they cost honour.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.

If I have to degrade myself or do something that I'm not willing to do as a Christian to get something, I'm just not willing to do it.

It is necessary to make virtue fashionable.

If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

If you do right, everything will come out right.

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.