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I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country. ↗

— George Washington

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As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples. ↗

— Adam Clarke

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As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to receive the greatest of all honors in science, the Nobel prize. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn. ↗

— Philip Massinger

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There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low. ↗

— Ovid

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The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling? ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

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