„Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.“

„When a lady chooses to change her mind, a gentleman would consider it no more than her privilege, and not badger her about it. (The Land of Green Ginger, 1937)“

—  Noel Langley South African writer 1911 - 1980

Quote from: 1001 quotations to inspire you before you die; Quintessence Editions Ltd., 2016, ISBN 978-1-84403-895-4

„I'm a man of honour, a truthful person, a gentleman of absolute morality.“

—  Silvio Berlusconi Italian politician 1936

As quoted in "La Repubblica" (13 July 2003)
2003

„More: You want me to swear to the Act of Succession?
Margaret: "God more regards the thoughts of the heart than the words of the mouth." Or so you've always told me.
More: Yes.
Margaret: Then say the words of the oath and in your heart think otherwise.
More: What is an oath then but words we say to God?“

—  Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons

Act II
A Man for All Seasons (1960)

„I swore an oath before the altar of God to protect this woman. And if you're tellin' me that ye consider your own authority to be greater than that of the Almighty, then I must inform ye that I'm not of that opinion, myself.“

—  Diana Gabaldon, kniha Outlander

Zdroj: Outlander

„Nay, but weigh well what you presume to swear!
Oaths are of dreadful Weight—and, if they're false,
Draw down Damnation.“

—  Richard Savage English poet 1697 - 1743

Sir Thomas Overbury (1724), Act II, scene i.

„Women are much more honourable than men.“

—  Martin Firrell British artist and activist 1963

quoting April Ashley
"Complete Hero" (2009)

„A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.“

—  George Bernard Shaw Irish playwright 1856 - 1950

„The oaths were no more than a formal deterrent to troublemaking, but they were better than no deterrent at all.“

—  Sarah Monette, kniha The Goblin Emperor

Zdroj: The Goblin Emperor (2014), Chapter 8, "The Coronation of Edrehasivar VII" (p. 94)

„But what's worth more than gold?"

"Practically everything. You, for example. Gold is heavy. Your weight in gold is not very much gold at all. Aren't you worth more than that?“

—  Terry Pratchett, kniha Making Money

Zdroj: Making Money

„A gentleman does not appear to know more or to be more than those with whom he is thrown into company.“

—  John Lancaster Spalding Catholic bishop 1840 - 1916

Zdroj: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 204

„As I love the name of honour more than I fear death.“

—  William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

Zdroj: Julius Caesar

„The politician has no more use for pride than Falstaff had for honour.“

—  Bernard Crick British political theorist and democratic socialist 1929 - 2008

Zdroj: In Defence Of Politics (Second Edition) – 1981, Chapter 7, In Praise Of Politics, p. 159.

„He is a noble gentleman; withal
Happy in his endeavours: the general voice
Sounds him for courtesy, behaviour, language,
And every fair demeanour, an example:
Titles of honour add not to his worth;
Who is himself an honour to his title.“

—  John Ford (dramatist) dramatist 1586 - 1639

Act I, sc. iii.
The Lady's Trial (1638)

„And don't tell me this isn't your war. You swore an oath to serve the King of Spain, and the king of Spain is a prisoner in France and you were supposed to be his guard. By God, this is your war far more than it's my war. I never swore an oath to protect Spain, I never had a woman raped by a Frenchman or a child murdered by a dragoon or a harvest stolen and a house burned by a Crapaud forage party. Your country has suffered all those things, and your country is Spain, and if you'd rather fight for Ireland than for Spain, then why in the name of Almighty God did you take the Spanish oath?“

—  Bernard Cornwell British writer 1944

Captain Richard Sharpe, p. 110
Sharpe (Novel Series), Sharpe's Battle (1995)

„Though our smoke may hide the Heavens from your eyes,
It will vanish and the stars will shine again,
Because, for all our power and weight and size,
We are nothing more than children of your brain!“

—  Rudyard Kipling English short-story writer, poet, and novelist 1865 - 1936

The Secret of the Machines, Stanza 8.
Other works

„You are ready to give your life for your honour … Be ready to give up your honour for your soul.“

—  Josemaría Escrivá Spanish theologian 1902 - 1975

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The Furrow (1986)

„More: I will not take the oath. I will not tell you why I will not.
Norfolk: Then your reasons must be treasonable!
More: Not "must be;" may be.
Norfolk: It's a fair assumption!
More: The law requires more than an assumption; the law requires a fact.“

—  Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons

Act II
A Man for All Seasons (1960)

„Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honourable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.“

—  Benjamin Disraeli British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister 1804 - 1881

Reply to a taunt by Daniel O'Connell http://www.victorianweb.org/history/pms/dizzy.html
1830s
Varianta: Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon

„I consider myself more exportant than important.“

—  Vanna Bonta Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014) 1958 - 2014

Shades of the World, by Vanna Bonta; quoted in American Chronicle. Vanna Bonta interview, Inventors Digest: New Meaning To Beautiful http://archive.is/20120718091208/www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/101039 May 02, 2009