Other Appearances
Between 1895 and 1915, "blue books" were published in Storyville as guides to prostitution for visitors to the New Orlean's district services including house descriptions, prices, particular services and the "stock" each house had to offer. The Storyville blue-books were inscribed with the motto: "Order of the Garter: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Shame to Him Who Evil Thinks)."
Bounty mutineer James Morrison had the motto with a garter tattooed around his left leg, according to William Bligh's Notebook.
The title of the University of Sydney newspaper, Honi Soit, is derived from the motto.
Robert A. Heinlein's novel Friday makes use of the expression in Heinlein's usual irreverent manner. The protagonist, a female secret agent, is asked by her hostess Janet how Friday feels about females (in a sexual connotation). When pressed by males present to hear Friday's response, she claims (falsely) that Friday had whispered "honi soit qui mal y pense" into her ear.
The Judge, in Bernard Malamud's novel The Natural, utters the phrase to Roy Hobbs while trying to convince him to throw a game by not getting a hit.
The phrase is framed on the wall of Mrs. Peck's office in Deborah Eisenberg's short story 'The Girl Who Left Her Sock on the Floor' in the collection Transactions in a Foreign Currency.
The phrase is mentioned several times in the song "Parlez-vous français?" by Baccara, which represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978
It appears in Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor", Act V, Scene V.
It appears in the comments of the source code for the master ignition routine of the Apollo 13 lunar module.
"he motto of the English royal house" is found in Will Self's novelette, "Cock," toward the end of the chapter entitled "The Lager of Lamot" as being emblazoned on cans of 'Premier Class' beer.
In 2010, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Donald Tsang quoted "honi soit qui mal y pense" in the old Legislative Council Chamber. He noted the French motto was on the emblem of the British royal coat of arms that used to hang above the Speaker's seat. It was replaced with the SAR emblem in 1997. He said the blast from the past should remind everyone in the chamber to be responsible for how they talk. This was a reaction to several lawmakers' misbehaviour during the Chief Executive's Question and Answer Session. They were soon removed from the chamber.
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“The appearances of goodness and merit often meet with a greater reward from the world than goodness and merit themselves.”
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