The argument of Alcidamas: Everyone honours the wise. Thus the Parians have honoured Archilochus, in spite of his bitter tongue; the Chians Homer, though he was not their countryman; the Mytilenaeans Sappho, though she was a woman; the Lacedaemonians actually made Chilon a member of their senate, though they are the least literary of men; the inhabitants of Lampsacus gave public burial to Anaxagoras, though he was an alien, and honour him even to this day.
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Doctors who speak out in favour of vivisection do not deserve any recognition in society, all the more so since their brutality is apparent not only during such experiments, but also in their practical medical lives. They are mostly men who stop at nothing in order to satisfy their ruthless and unfeeling lust for honours and gain.
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I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.
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Has not peace honours and glories of her own unattended by the dangers of war
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Has not peace honours and glories of her own unattended by the dangers of war?
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In the arena of human life the honours and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities.
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To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.
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The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.
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