Men as well as women of honor for many cultures possess certain cardinal virtues: For what I have been taught they are pretty basic and are drilled into us as children and are as follows..
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Generosity, Bravery, Fortitude, and Wisdom
That last virtue being the hardest to obtain and grows out of excelling in the other three.
Bravery takes first rank. The system of war honors had been carefully calibrated with recognized degrees of bravery. Individual valor meant more than group victory. The warrior who most fearlessly risked his life earned the admiration of all the People and got the most cherished honors.
I was about to answer Macky's question with these words:
A man of honor "knows what he knows" while the man with no honor "ignores what he knows."
//Generosity, Bravery, Fortitude, and Wisdom// combined surely make for a man of honor -- unless they went killing people in Iraq in the name of lies, but that's another conversation.
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Men of honor are few
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not the lies
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Great comment. I should repost it with the blog, only then it would be left again without a comment.
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Who is he
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"a man of honor"
anyway?
Men as well as women of honor
ReplyDeletefor many cultures possess certain cardinal virtues: For what I have been taught they are pretty basic and are drilled into us as children and are as follows..
Wacantognaka,Woohitika,Wowacintanka, Woksape
Generosity, Bravery, Fortitude, and Wisdom
That last virtue being the hardest to obtain and grows out of excelling in the other three.
Bravery takes first rank. The system of war honors had been carefully calibrated with recognized degrees of bravery. Individual valor meant more than group victory. The warrior who most fearlessly risked his life earned the admiration of all the People and got the most cherished honors.
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I was about to answer Macky's question with these words:
ReplyDeleteA man of honor "knows what he knows" while the man with no honor "ignores what he knows."
//Generosity, Bravery, Fortitude, and Wisdom// combined surely make for a man of honor -- unless they went killing people in Iraq in the name of lies, but that's another conversation.
Always an inspiration to come here and read and view. Comments included. I only wish you more comments because you seem to attract an interesting crowd. =)
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