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I personally like this definition, from one of Lois Mcmaster Bujold’s books: “ Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about your
by ghufran_syed 6y ago
I personally like this definition, from one of Lois Mcmaster Bujold’s books:
“ Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.... The friction tends to arise when the two are not the same....There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honor shattered at your feet while soaring public reputation wraps you in rewards. That's soul destroying. The other way around is merely very, very irritating.”
- mrkramer 6y agoLike Charles Cooley said "I am not what I think I am, and I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am."
- hug 6y agoSay, what is honor? 'T is the finest sense Of justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of life from all offense Suffered or done. - Wordsworth.
- CobaltFire 6y agoAnother fan of the Vorkosigan Saga I take it? Excellent quote, and one I’ve had cause to remember personally.