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  • Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings,
    The noble mind's distinguishing perfection
    That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her
    And imitates her actions where she is not:
    It is not to be sported with.

    Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd (1811). “The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with Notes”, p.364