The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Honor is simply the morality of superior men.
A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
Many a man renounces morals, but with great difficulty the conception, 'morality.' Morality is the 'idea' of morals, their intellectual power, their power over the conscience; on the other hand, morals are too material to rule the mind, and do not fetter an 'intellectual' man, a so-called independent, a 'freethinker.'
Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.
A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
The moral man is necessarily narrow in that he knows no other enemy than the 'immoral' man. 'He who is not moral is immoral!' and accordingly reprobate, despicable, etc. Therefore, the moral man can never comprehend the egoist.
A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others.
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