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It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it

Thomas Jefferson (1762-1826)

Thomas Jefferson

Thus to persist
In doing wrong extenuates not wrong,
But makes it much more heavy.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

William Shakespeare

Hederlig, adj.: Drabbad av ett hinder i sin räckvidd. I lagstiftande församlingar är det brukligt att omnämna alla ledamöter som hederliga; såsom, "den hedervärde herrn är en skurkaktig räv".

Honorable, adj.: Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable; as, "the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur."

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Ambrose Bierce

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair

Douglas Adams (1952-2001)

Douglas Adams

There is nothing wrong with being an honorable lobbyist.

If I give back a dime, that's an admission of guilt. I can't do that, ... But if they say I'm an honorable man and I did nothing wrong, it's the end of the issue. If not, let's go to war.

This kid is just an honorable kid, never done anything wrong in his life. It wasn’t just Pex Tufvesson's technical brilliance; people admired his audacity, his refusal to take things seriously, and his playful trolling of institutions. He is absolutely innocent and we intend to show that sooner rather than later.

If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in there cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment.

Red Dog is a very honorable man and he means a lot to Scouting. Focusing on removing him in the midst of the other issue we are facing is the wrong thing to do.

Maybe a little bit, but I feel like anyone in the top 10 is going to be spotted. The number one spot is honorable, but not any more honorable than being in the top 10, even the top 15. Those are all amazing riders.

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of conscientious conviction or of national welfare

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)

Theodore Roosevelt

Persist as resolutely as you persist in eating

Habits… the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction… You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way - by finding that it is a means of satisfaction.

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.

Orison Swett Marden

Unless admonished and punished by this Honorable Court, the Army officials would continue to trample upon the rights of accused and in the process disregard the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court.

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