What is honor? Can it be more precious than life? According to Dahl, honor is "the inner moral dignity of a person, valor, honesty, nobility of soul and a clear conscience." What if there is no dictionary? In my opinion, honor is the life principles of a person, based on high moral qualities. For those who possess this, for whom his good name is very important, the loss of honor is more terrible than death. I think that to live by honor is to live in harmony with conscience. Despite my still small life experience, I have repeatedly addressed this topic, because its relevance is undeniable.
Many see honor as more than mere behavior. It seems to me that for such people it is a duty to the Motherland, loyalty to their native land. Let's remember a work of fiction where this topic is revealed. Among them is the story of N.V. Gogol "Taras Bulba". The author shows the life of the Cossacks in the Zaporozhian Sich, their struggle for independence. Particular attention is drawn to the images of Taras Bulba and his sons.
The old Cossack dreams that his children will be real warriors, loyal to their homeland. But only Ostap, the eldest son of Taras, adopts the life principles of his father. For him, as well as for Bulba, honor is above all. To die for the Motherland and faith is a duty and obligation for the heroes. A young Cossack, having been captured, courageously endures torture, does not ask for mercy from his tormentors. Taras Bulba also accepts a heroic death worthy of a Cossack. Thus, for father and son, faith, devotion to the Motherland is an honor that is dearer to them than life and which they defend to the very end.
Often people were faced with a choice - to live without honor or to die with honor. The story of M.A. Sholokhov “The Fate of a Man” convinces me of the correctness of this point of view. Andrey Sokolov, the protagonist of the work is a simple Russian soldier. He is a true patriot who, in the face of death, did not deviate from his principles. Andrei was captured by the Nazis, fled, but was caught and sent to work in a stone quarry. Once a prisoner inadvertently spoke about hard work. He was summoned to the camp authorities. There, one of the officers decided to mock the Russian soldier and offered him a drink to the victory of the Germans. Sokolov refused with dignity, although he knew that he could be killed for disobedience. But seeing with what determination the prisoner defended his honor, the Germans, as a sign of respect for a real soldier, gave him life. This act of the hero affirms the idea that even in the face of the threat of death, one must preserve honor and dignity.
Summing up and reflecting on this topic, I was convinced that you need to be responsible for your actions and actions, that in any situation you need to remain a man of honor, not to drop your dignity. And those life principles that a person professes will help him choose life or dishonor in a difficult situation. Shakespeare's statement is consonant with my thoughts: "Honor is my life, they have grown together into one, and to lose honor is equal to the loss of life for me."
“Honor is dearer than life” (F. Schiller)
“Honor is conscience, but conscience is painfully sensitive. It is respect for oneself and for the dignity of one's own life, brought to the utmost purity and to the greatest passion.
Alfred Victor de Vigny
Dictionary V.I. Dahl, defines honor and how "the inner moral dignity of a person, valor, honesty, nobility of soul and a clear conscience."Like dignity, the concept of honor reveals a person's attitude to himself and the attitude of society towards him. However, unlike the concept of dignity, the moral value of a person in the concept of honor is associated with a specific social position of a person, the type of his activity and the moral merits recognized for him. But is honor a fundamental and vital property of a person, or is it something originally invested quality? There is the concept of "dishonest", which defines a person without principles, that is, not responsible for his actions and following contrary to the general rules. But, each person has his own moral norms and rules, which means that honor is inherent in all people without exception. As Anton Pavlovich Chekhov said: "We all know what a dishonorable act is, but we do not know what honor is."You can talk about honor, dignity and conscience based on your own worldviews and experiences, but the concept of honor remains unchanged. “Honor is the same for women and men, girls, married women, old men and women: “do not deceive”, “do not steal”, “do not drink”; only from such rules, which apply to all people, is a code of "honor" in the true sense of the word "-said Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky. And if honor is inextricably linked with life, moreover, it is a component of existence, then can it be more precious than life? Is it possible to lose inner qualities only because of some “unworthy” act that will make life itself impossible? I think yes. Honor and life are two interrelated and inseparable concepts that complement each other. After all, the place of "habitation" of these properties is the individual. What confirm the words of Michel Montaigne : “The value and dignity of a man lie in his heart and in his will; it is here that the basis of his true honor lies.Honor is not dearer than life, but not cheaper either. It outlines the limits of what you can afford yourself, and what kind of attitude you can tolerate from others. A synonym for this quality is conscience - the inner judge of the spiritual essence, its guide and beacon. And only everything together makes up a personality, everything depends on the comprehensive development, because “... the principle of honor, although there is something that distinguishes a person from animals, but in itself it does not contain anything that could put a person above animals”- Arthur Schopenhauer. Another understanding of honor correlates with the current definition of reputation. This is how a person shows himself to other people in communication and deeds. In this case, it is important “not to drop dignity” precisely in the eyes of other people, because few people want to communicate with a rude person, do business with an unreliable person, or help a heartless miser in need. In general, the concepts of honor and conscience are very conditional, very subjective. They depend on the value system adopted in any country, in any circle. In different countries, in different people, conscience and honor have completely different interpretations and meanings. It is worth listening to the opinion of the famous British novelist George Bernard Shaw: “It is better to try to be clean and bright: you are the window through which you look at the world.”conscience is dignity reputation Honor and conscience are one of the most important characteristics of the human soul. Compliance with the rules of honor gives a person peace of mind and live in harmony with his conscience. But no matter what, then, nothing should be more precious than life, because life is the most precious thing a person has. And to take a life just because of some prejudices or principles is terrible and irreparable. And not to make an irreversible mistake will help to cultivate moral principles in oneself. We must try to live in harmony with nature, society and ourselves.
Clever aphorisms about conscience, quotes about honor and unchanging dignity
Person, who from the very beginning conducts himself with dignity, free from remorse.
Abu'l-Faraj
dulling conscience is learned from the inability to resent actions that harm humanity.
A. Amiel
Shame and honor - like a dress: the more shabby, the more careless you treat them.
Apuleius
Our conscience is an infallible judge until we have killed it.
O. Balzac
Pleasantly follow the dictates of conscience.
O. Balzac
Honor is the cornerstone of human wisdom,
V. G. Belinsky
Where But the true greatness of a person is known, if not in those cases in which he decides it is better to suffer forever than to do something contrary to conscience?
V. G. Belinsky
Human conscience prompts a person to look for the best and sometimes helps him to abandon the old, comfortable, sweet, but dying and decaying - in favor of the new, at first uncomfortable and unlovable, but promising a fresh life.
P. Buast
Everything, that calms an unclean conscience, harms society.
Buast
remorse conscience is an echo of lost virtue.
E. Bulwer-Lytton
There is something as beautiful as a great man is a man of honor.
A. Vigny
Honor- this is courageous shame.
A. Vigny
That, those who demand payment for their honesty most often sell their honor.
L. Vauvenargues
Bargain honor does not enrich.
L. Vauvenargues
Honor is a diamond on the hand of virtue.
F. Voltaire
Honor is the desire to win honors; to keep one's honor means not to do anything that would be unworthy of honor.
F. Voltaire
People never feel remorse from fasting icons that have become their custom.
F. Voltaire
Remorse is the only virtue left to criminals.
F- Voltaire
In matters of conscience, the law of the majority does not apply.
M. Gandhi
bashfulness indicates the inner limit of human sin; when a person blushes, his nobler self begins.
Option 1:
We often hear from everywhere that there is nothing more precious than human life. I fully agree with this. Life is a gift that every person should accept with gratitude. But, often plunging into life with all its advantages and disadvantages, we forget that it is important not just to live life, but to do it with dignity.
Unfortunately, in the modern world, such concepts as honor, nobility, justice and dignity have lost their meaning. People often behave in such a way that it becomes ashamed of our entire human race. We have learned to fly like birds, swim like fish, now it remains to learn how to live like real people, for whom honor is more precious than their own lives.
Numerous dictionaries give different definitions of the word "honor", but they all boil down to describing the best moral qualities that are highly valued in a normal society. A person who values his dignity and his reputation is more afraid to lose his honor than to die.
Many writers addressed the issue of honor, including Mikhail Sholokhov. I remember his story "The Fate of a Man" and the main character Andrey Sokolov, who is for me one of the best examples of a man of honor and dignity. Having survived the war, terrible losses, captivity, he remained a real person, for whom justice, honor, loyalty to the Motherland, kindness and humanity have become the main principles in life.
With trembling in my heart, I remember the moment when, in captivity, he refused to drink to the German victory, but drank to his own death. With such a gesture, he even aroused the respect of the enemies, who let him go, giving him a loaf of bread and butter, which Andrei divided equally among his comrades in the barracks. Honor was dearer to him than life.
I want to believe that most people value honor more than life. After all, such an attitude to the key concepts of morality makes us human.
Option 2:
How often do we hear words like “honor”, “honesty”, and think about the meaning of these words? By the word "honesty" most often we mean actions that are honest towards us or other people. Missed a lesson due to illness, but we didn’t get a deuce? It's honest. But "honor" is something else. Servants often say "I have the honor", parents insist that honor must be cultivated in oneself, and literature says "take care of honor from a young age." What is this "honor"? And what do we need to protect?
In order to answer the questions posed, it is worth looking into the literature and finding a lot of examples there. For example, A. S. Pushkin and the novel "The Captain's Daughter". Aleksey Shvabrin, the protagonist of the novel, easily goes over to Pugachev's side and becomes a traitor. In contrast to him, Pushkin cites Grinev, who, under pain of death, does not step into the role of "disgrace". Yes, and remember the life of Alexander Sergeevich himself! The honor of his wife was more important to him than his own life.
In the story “The Fate of a Man” by M. A. Sholokhov, there is a real Russian warrior who will never betray the Motherland - this is Andrei Sokolov. Many trials fell on his lot, as well as on the lot of the entire Soviet people, but he did not give up, did not slip into betrayal, but steadfastly endured all the hardships and hardships, without soiling his honor. Sokolov's spirit is so strong that even Müller notices it, offering a Russian soldier to drink to the victory of German weapons.
For me, the word "honor" is not an empty phrase. Of course, life is an amazing gift, but we need to manage it in such a way that future generations remember us with respect.
Option 3:
Today, people are increasingly noticing that the concept of honor is depreciating. This is especially true of the younger generation, because it grew up in conditions of decreasing importance of conscience, honor, hard work. In return, people have become more vain, self-serving, and those who have retained high moral principles in themselves and their children are considered by the majority as strange, "unenterprising." The material gradually moved to the fore. Is the expression “cherish honor from a young age” outdated?
As you know, it is impossible to create a reputation for an honest and correct person overnight. This is a long process in which the inner core of an honest person is formed in insignificant deeds. And when this core is the basis of a person's existence, then the loss of honor is worse than death.
A vivid example of how people give their lives for their honor, for the honor of their family, country and people, is the dark time of the Great Patriotic War. Millions of young people gave their lives for what they believed in. They did not go over to the side of the enemy, did not give up, did not hide, no matter what. And today, after so many years, we remember and are proud that our ancestors defended their convictions and honor.
The theme of honor is also raised in the work of A.S. Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter" Petrusha's father wants to instill in his son a sense of officer honor and gives him to serve not "through connections", but on an equal footing with everyone. The same message is preserved in the parting word of the father to Peter before leaving for the service.
Later, when Grinev would have to go over to Pugachev's side on pain of death, he would not do it. It is this act that will amaze Pugachev, show the high moral principles of the young man.
But honor can be shown not only in war. This is what is a life companion of a person every day. For example, Pugachev helps Grinev to save Masha from captivity, thus showing human honor. He did this not out of selfish motives, but because he firmly believed that even his ally could not offend a girl, and even more so an orphan.
Honor has no age, gender, status, financial situation. Honor is something that is inherent only to a reasonable person, a person. And it’s really worth protecting it, because restoring a tarnished name is much more difficult than living honestly and decently every day.
495For whom even honor is a trifle, for him everything else [is insignificant].
Aristotle
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325Not strong the best, but honest. Honor and dignity are the strongest.
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311Honor cannot be taken away, it can be lost.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
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272Honor is dearer than life.
Johann Friedrich Schiller
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266Honor is a diamond on the hand of virtue.
Voltaire
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255The honor is the same for all.
Laberius
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240You will trample on the spot without wealth for a century, But it is worse if you have it - and there is no honor!
Pierre de Ronsard
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232Shame and honor are like a dress: the more shabby, the more careless you treat them.
Apuleius
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232Honor is courageous modesty.
Ahfred de Vigny
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232I agree to endure any misfortune, But I will not agree that honor should suffer.
Pierre Corneille
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230Whoever loses honor cannot lose anything more than that.
Publilius Sir
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229Objectively, honor is the opinion of others about our value, and subjectively, our fear of this opinion.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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227One of the main definitions of the principle of honor is that no one should by his actions give anyone an advantage over himself.
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227The honor of a man lies in the fact that, in relation to the satisfaction of his needs, he depends only on his industriousness, on his behavior and on his mind.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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224Shameful is never useful.
Mark Tullius Cicero
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223Honor is true beauty!
Romain Rolland
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221True honor is the decision to do, under all circumstances, what is beneficial to the majority of people.
Benjamin Franklin
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218We have no right to live when honor has perished.
Pierre Corneille
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217One cannot be dishonored who does not fear death.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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215Honor is an outward conscience, and conscience is an inward honor.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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214The word of honor must be firm.
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210In a matter of honor, language is unsuitable for Astrology.
Lope de Bega
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209Others exchange honor for honors.
Ahfons Karr
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208Our honor is to follow the best and improve the worst, if it can still become more perfect.
Plato
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206Ridiculous things do more damage to honor than dishonor itself.
François de La Rochefoucauld
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205True honor cannot tolerate untruth.
Henry Fielding
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204Honor is nothing but a good opinion of other people about us.
Bernard Mandeville
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201He who mixes precious stones and pearls with tin dishonors himself more than pearls.
John of Damascus
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193Inappropriate honor is worse than insult.
Visakhadatta
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191To deprive the honor of another is to deprive one of one's own.
Publilius Sir
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188Do not gain honor by vanity, or beauty of clothes or horses, or adornment, but by courage and wisdom.
Theophrastus
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185Honor is a reward given for virtue.
Aristotle
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181I prefer death to dishonor.
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181Where can you find someone who would put the honor of a friend above his own?
Cicero
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176It is more terrible - to change the honor, Than to be in torn rags!
Robert Berne
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169Honor is the same for women and men, girls, married women, old men and old women: “do not cheat”, “do not steal”, “do not drink”, only from such rules that apply to all people, a code of “honor” is composed in the true sense of the word.
Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky
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168Honor disappears - the formula of honor remains, which is tantamount to the death of honor.
Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
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165Objectively, honor is the opinion of others about our dignity, and subjectively, our fear of this opinion.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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165Notable to please people is not the last honor.
Horace
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164Honor is conscience, but conscience is painfully sensitive. It is respect for oneself and for the dignity of one's own life, brought to the utmost degree of purity and to the greatest passion.
Alfred Victor de Vigny
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163The honor of a man is so different from the honor of women that the latter looks upon the former as her enemy.
Edmond Pierre Boschin
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161To each his honor gives offspring.
Tacitus
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160Freedom, kingdom, happiness was found by the One who chose during his lifetime the halo of high honor and immortal glory.
Lope de Bega
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151The opposite of honor is dishonor, or shame, which consists in the bad opinion and contempt of others.
Bernard Mandeville
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149Men have only one honor, so many lovers! Love is easy to forget, but honor is impossible.
Pierre Corneille
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139Honor is the poetry of duty.
Alfred Victor de Vigny
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124As long as we burn with freedom, As long as our hearts are alive for honor, My friend, let us dedicate our souls to our homeland Beautiful impulses!
Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin
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72Honor is like a precious stone: the slightest speck robs it of its brilliance and robs it of all its value.
Pierre Edmond Boschin
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68Honor is something that is in short supply these days...
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64All the thieves and murderers of the world together Talk about conscience and honor: They, they say, do not give them peace, But turn away - they will rob and kill! Tell me, what is honor And with what can you eat it today? Or maybe forgive me, ignoramus, She is worn on the body like clothes? Tell me, if it's not a secret, What, honor has a taste, volume and color? Or maybe someone knows her price? Then welcome to the stage! I directly declare in front of the people That there is no honor - or rather, it is not in fashion, And now we need this chimera, Like Zeiss binoculars for Homer!
Leonid Filatov
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46... They fear me because I am angry, cold and cheerful, That I do not serve anyone, That I weighed my life and honor On Pushkin's scales, and I dare to prefer honor.
Vladimir Nabokov
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41Honor is rarely where there is glory, and even more rarely glory is where there is honor.
Johann Gottfried Zeime
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41That woman is not good, Whose soul does not lie To both at once - that is, together And to her body and to honor.
Gottfried of Strasbourg
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39Do not love villainy, flattery, Drive the love of money, Sacrifice everything and life - honor, Dedicating all your days to her ...
Alexander Sumarokov
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