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For we blame the lover of Honour as aiming at Honour more than he

ought, and from wrong sources; and him who is destitute of a love

of Honour as not choosing to be honoured even for what is noble.

Sometimes again we praise the lover of Honour as manly and having

a love for what is noble, and him who has no love for it as being

moderate and modest (as we noticed also in the former discussion

of these virtues).

It is clear then that since "Lover of so and so" is a term

capable of several meanings, we do not always denote the same

quality by the term "Lover of Honour;" but when we use it as a

term of commendation we denote more than the mass of men are;

when for blame more than a man should be.