I suspect that with men like General Petraeus, where honor means something - losing your life is secondary to losing your honor.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Honor is simply the morality of superior men.
It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too.
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.
Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.
Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.
Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.
Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.
I feel, as never before, how justly, from the dawn of history to the present time, men have paid the homage of their gratitude and admiration to the memory of those who nobly sacrifice their lives, that their fellow-men may live in safety and in honor.
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.