Sentence examples for more honoured from inspiring English sources

When Hamlet says a custom is more honoured in the breach than the observance, he means it is more honourable to break it than keep it, as is clear from the context (Claudius's celebration of his usurpation of the throne).

Even then rule of law is more honoured in the breach.

The resolution to read the whole of Proust's masterpiece is (like the resolve to read Joyce's Ulysses) more honoured in the breach than the observance.

Lip service is paid to this essential advice in such notions as "joined-up government", but it seems far more honoured in the breach than the observance – and invariably where its observance would be really, really useful.

The drawback of such a nondescript literature lies in judging it against any standard of perfection, since perfection implies some conformity with implicit rules and the presence, however vague, of standards such as have been formulated for comedy, tragedy, the ode, the short story and even (in this case, more honoured in the breach than the observance) the novel.

Mr Rove would not know where to begin if he sought to build a successful conservative coalition in Britain.Moderate Republicans, such as Rudy Giuliani and Arnold Schwarzenegger, have been to the fore in New York this week, and Republicans and Tories still share the same sentiments (often more honoured in the breach) in favour of smaller government and lower taxation.

I look forward to playing my part in helping this club win more honours in the years to come".

"Our people deserve more peace, more freedom, more prosperity, more honour and more security.

Like Modric and Bale, they moved on to clubs where they felt, correctly, more honours would be forthcoming.

As Mr Campbell notes, "veterans get more honour and respect than anybody" in his part of the world.

If that leads to a few more honours getting turned down, perhaps that tells us all we need to know.