第55章：Of Honour & Reputation 论荣誉与名声

荣誉之获得不过是个人之美德和价值未遭毁损而得以昭然。如果一个人在着手行事时不善珍惜自己的名声，那失败对他名誉的毁损将远远多于成功为他们带来的荣誉。嫉妒是荣誉的大敌，所以必须消除他人对自己的嫉妒之心。方法是表明自己所追求的是功绩而非名望，并把自己的成就归功于上帝和命运，而非归因于自己的聪明才智。体会：严以律已，宽以待人。谦虚使人进步，骄傲使人落后。功劳是大家的，错误则要勇于自己来承担。
of honour & reputation 论荣誉与名声
the winning of honour is but the revealing of a man's virtue and worth, without disadvantage. for some in their actions do woo and affect honour and reputation.
which sort of men are commonly much talked of, but inwardly little admired. and some, contrariwise, darken their virtue, in the show of it； so as they be undervalued in opinion. if a man perform that which hath not been attempted before； or attempted and given over, or ham been achieved, but not with so good circumstance； he shall purchase more honour, than by effecting a matter of greater difficulty, or virtue, wherein he is but a follower. if a man so temper his actions, as in some one of them he doth content every faction, or combination of people, the music will be the fuller.

a man is an ill husband of his honour, that entereth into any action, the failing wherein may disgrace him more, than the carrying of it through can honour him. honour that is gained and broken upon another, hath the quickest reflection； like diamonds cut with facets.
and therefore, let a man contend to excel any competitors of his in honour, in out-shooting them, if he can, in their own bow. discreet followers and servants help much to reputation. onuus farm a danestids emanat. envy, which is me canker of honour, is best extinguished by declaring a man's self in his ends, rather to seek merit, man fame： and by attributing a man's successes, rather to divine providence and felicity, than to his own virtue or policy. the true marshalling of the degrees of sovereign honour are these. in the first place are concstorvsynperionan； founders of states, and commonwealths： such as were romulus, cyrus, caesar, ottoman, ismael. in the second place are kgidttones, lawgivers； which are also called, second founders, or papead prindpes, because they govern by their ordinances, after they are gone： such were lycurgus, solon, justinian, eadgar, alphonsus of castile, the wise, that made the siete parados.
in the third place are sbemta-es, or sahcams： such as compound the long miseries of civil wars, or deliver their countries from servitude of strangers or tyrants； as augustus caesar, vespasianus, aurelianus, theodoricus, henry vh of england and henry iv of france. in me fourth place are propa^jsores or prnpugnatores imperil； such as in honourable wars enlarge their territories, or make noble defence against invaders

and in the last place are patres patriae； which reign justly, and make the times good, wherein they live. both which last kinds need no examples, they are in such number.
degrees of honour in subjects are； first, paihapes cwarwn； those upon whom princes do discharge the greatest weight of their affairs； their right hands, as we call them.
the next are duces bes, great leaders； such as are princes' lieutenants, and do them notable services in the wars. the third are ^arias', favourites； such as exceed not this scantling； to be solace to the sovereign, and harmless to the people. and the fourth, negotas pares； such as have great places under princes, and execute their places with sufficiency.
there is an honour likewise, which may be ranked amongst the greatest, which happeneth rarely： that is, of such as sacrifice themselves, to death or danger, for the good of their country： as was m. regulus, and the two decii.