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Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.
[L’honneur est comme une ile escarpée et sans bords ;
On n’y peut plus rentrer dès qu’on en est dehors.]
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711) French poet and critic
Satires, Satire 10, l. 167 (1716)
Added on 15-Jun-16 | Last updated 15-Jun-16
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