He gave us more than boxing, and the song "Eye of the Tiger"
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Saturday, April 03, 2010
Honour And Reputation
"I wouldn't have called it a lecture. Just a useful distinction, to clarify thought." He spread his hand, palm up, in a gesture of balance. "Reputation is what other people know about you. Honour is what you know about yourself."
"Hm"
"The friction tends to araise when the two are not the same..."
"... There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honour 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."
..."But if you're really asking for advice from my accumulated experience, I'm saying, Guard your honour. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards"
- A Civil Campaign, Lois McMaster Bujold
Who says you don't learn anything useful from Sci Fi?
"Hm"
"The friction tends to araise when the two are not the same..."
"... There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honour 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."
..."But if you're really asking for advice from my accumulated experience, I'm saying, Guard your honour. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards"
- A Civil Campaign, Lois McMaster Bujold
Who says you don't learn anything useful from Sci Fi?
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