Honour

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The reputation and worth of a man consisteth in his heart and will; therein lies true honour
(Montaigne, Essays 1.30).


The worth of a man is determined through his heart, as that is where true honour lies.

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Perhaps the most moving statement of the importance of inner honour comes from Hermione, in The Winter's Tale, as she stands accused of adultery, and threatened with death:

But yet hear this--mistake me not: for life,

I prize it not a straw, but for mine honour,

Which I would free--if I should be condemned

Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else,

But what your jealousies awake, I tell you,

'Tis rigour, and not law.

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This poem states that they would rather die than allow them to take there honour.